Risk Factors for Cardiovascular diseases
| About risk factors: Risk factors for Cardiovascular diseases are factors that do not seem to be a direct cause of the disease, but seem to be associated in some way. Having a risk factor for Cardiovascular diseases makes the chances of getting a condition higher but does not always lead to Cardiovascular diseases. Also, the absence of any risk factors or having a protective factor does not necessarily guard you against getting Cardiovascular diseases. For general information and a list of risk factors, see the risk center. |
Risk factor list: The list of risk factors mentioned for Cardiovascular diseases in various sources includes:
- Cigarette smoking
- Passive smoke
- High blood pressure
- High blood cholesterol
- Overweight
- Obesity
- Physical inactivity
- Stress
- Diabetes
- Family history of CVD
- Oral contraceptives - especially for smokers.
Risk factors discussion: The major risk factors for cardiovascular disease that you can do something about are cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, overweight, and physical inactivity. Other risk factors, such as diabetes, also are conditions you have some control over. Even just one risk factor will raise your chances of having heart-related problems. But the more risk factors you have, the more likely you are to develop cardiovascular diseases--and the more concerned you should be about protecting your heart health. 1
Many factors put a woman at risk for cardiovascular disease. The more risk factors a woman has, the greater the chance that she will have a heart attack or stroke. There are some factors that you can’t control such as getting older, family health history, and race. But you can do something about the three biggest risk factors for cardiovascular disease - cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, and high blood cholesterol. Stopping smoking will reduce your risk and you can get help, through support groups, special behavior change programs, and medication, to quit. High blood pressure and high blood cholesterol can be controlled through diet, exercise, and medication. Talk with your health care provider about developing a plan for cardiovascular health.2
Risks factors for Cardiovascular diseases: medical news summaries: The following medical news items are relevant to risk factors for Cardiovascular diseases:
- 52% of British people fear exercise for one reason or another
- Blood protein concentration may determine heart disease risk
- Celecoxib no longer allowed to be used as a cancer treatment
- Concerns over Celebrex use mounting
- COX-2 inhibitors need further analysis to determine the range of side effects
- CRP may be linked to risk of heart disease
- Different hypertension drug therapy combinations pose different level of risk
- Erectile dysfunction is often a symptom of other bigger problems
- Heart disease can occur in people with few cardiovascular risks
- High cholesterol in women needs to be given more attention
- Long-term offspring health may be affected by mother’s diet during pregnancy
- Merck faces nearly 500 lawsuits over Vioxx
- New results on Bextra implicates whole cox-2 inhibitor class of drugs
- New risk factors may be associated with cardiovascular disease risk
- Pfizer releases Bextra risks information
- Some antipsychotic drugs linked to increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes
- Study shows 88-140,000 people may have suffered from cardiovascular problems caused by Vioxx
- Warnings highlight possible risk associated with anemia drug
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from NHLBI Heart Disease & Women Are You At Risk: NHLBI
2. excerpt from HEART AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: NWHIC
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