1. Age 83% die from coronary heart disease are 65 or older. That means 27% are under 65 years old.
2. Being male Even though more men have heart attacks, women are 6 times more likely to die of a heart attack.
3. Family history Those with parents or close relatives with heart disease are more likely to develop it themselves however, heart disease is not genetic so most of the cause is environmental meaning the way you live your life.
4. Race Heart disease risk is higher among African Americans, Mexican Americans, American Indians, native Hawaiians, and some Asian Americans compared to Caucasians.
5. Smoking Tobacco use increases your risk of heart disease by 4 times. Currently there are no studies on the electric cigarettes.
6. High cholesterol As blood cholesterol rises, so does risk of coronary heart disease.
7. High blood pressure High blood increases your risk of obesity, smoking, high blood cholesterol levels, or diabetes, the risk of heart attack or stroke.
8. Sedentary lifestyle Inactivity resulting in excess weight. You many not know this any kind of activity for any length of time is the only thing that increases the lifesaving circulation in the heart.
9. Diabetes Having diabetes seriously increases your risk of developing cardiovascular disease by 50%. In fact from the time you are diagnosed with diabetes it 10 years until your 1st heart attack.
10. Excess Weight People who have excess body fat-especially if a lot of it is at the waist-are more likely to develop heart disease and stroke even if they have no other risk factors.
