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The major risk factors for heart disease are smoking, high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, physical inactivity, obesity, diabetes, age, gender, and heredity (including race).
Leading risk factors for heart disease and stroke are high blood pressure, high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, diabetes, smoking and secondhand smoke exposure, obesity, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity.
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The leading risk factors for heart disease include:
High blood pressure
High low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
Diabetes
Smoking and secondhand smoke exposure
Obesity
Unhealthy diet
Physical inactivityOther risk factors include:
Dyslipidemia, Hyperglycemia, Kidney dysfunction, Genetics/familial hypercholesterolemia, Age, Gender, Family history, Race.
Smoking is the most preventable risk factor. Other risk factors that can be changed include:
Tobacco smoke and vaping
High blood cholesterolLocal of Excerise and too much stress
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