Risk Assessment 
Heart Disease Risk Assessment

Below are risk factors/indicators for heart disease. Check all that apply and evaluate your risk for heart disease.

You are a smoker or you live or work with someone who smokes daily.
You are a man over the age of 45 or a woman over 55.
You or someone in your family has a history of heart disease.
You are overweight.
You don't know your total cholesterol, or it is 240 mg/dL or higher.
You don't know what your blood pressure is, or it is 140/90 or higher.
You don't exercise regularly.


Additional risk factors:

You don't know your HDL (good cholesterol) or it is less than 35 mg/dL.
You have diabetes or you need medicine to control your blood sugar.
You have a very stressful lifestyle.
You eat a diet high in fat and sodium.

       

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