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Risk Factors
Click on this link to assess your 10-year risk of having a heart attack.

There are many risk factors that contribute to heart disease. The good news is that each of these risk factors can be modified, and that you can make a difference in your chances of developing - or effectively treating - heart disease. Below is a list of risk factors, how they impact heart health, and how New Heart can help you address them.

Please note that the information provided on risk factors here is general, and will not apply equally to all individuals. Please talk to your doctor about your own individual risk factors if you have questions.

Risk Factor Links
Take the Heart Quiz
Alcohol
Heart Disease: Alcohol and Your Heart
Cholesterol
      Cholesterol: What Your Level Means
      Colesterol: lo que usted puede hacer para disminuir su nivel
      Managing Cholesterol
Diabetes
      Diabetes Introduction
      Diabetes - Introduccion
Family History
      Family History of Heart Disease: A Definition
      My Family Health Portrait
      Retrato de Salud de mi Familia
High Blood Pressure (hypertension)
      Hypertension
      Presion Arterial Alta (Hipertension)
      My Family Health Portrait
      Retrato de Salud de mi Familia
Overweight (obesity)
      Obesity and Overweight
      Eating for a Healthy Heart
      Heart Disease: Heart-Healthy Diet
      Heart-healthy eating to help prevent cardiovascular disease
      BMI - Body Mass Index
Sedentary (inactive) lifestyle
      Exercising for a Healthy Heart
      Hejercicios para un Corazon Sano
      Exercise for a Healthy Heart
Smoking
      Smoking: The Facts
      Fumar: Datos reales
      Heart Disease: Smoking and Heart Disease
Stress & Depression
      Managing Stress
      Manejar el estres
      Depression
      Depresion
      Heart Disease: Stress and Heart Disease
      Depression Basics
      Depression & Heart Disease
      Depresion Introduccion
      Enfermedad Mental

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