Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis

List of Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis

The list of risk factors mentioned for Atherosclerosis in various sources includes:

• High cholesterol
• Aging
• Family history of heart disease
• Family history of stroke
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Smoking
• Stress
• High blood homocysteine
• Obesity
• Physical inactivity

Risk factors discussion:

Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology (Excerpt)

Key risk factors for atherosclerosis, which can be genetic and/or environmental, include: elevated levels of cholesterol and triglyceride in the blood, high blood pressure, and cigarette smoke. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)

ATHEROSCLEROSIS: NWHIC (Excerpt)

These risk factors raise your chances of having atherosclerosis:

• having high blood cholesterol, especially high LDL ("bad cholesterol") and low HDL ("good cholesterol") levels

• aging and being male (women are affected more after menopause)

• having close relatives who had heart disease or a stroke at a relatively young age

• having high blood pressure

• having diabetes

• smoking

• having trouble managing stress

• having high levels of homocysteine (an amino acid) in the blood

• being obese

• being physically inactive.

The more risk factors you have, the more likely it is that you have atherosclerosis. Talk with your health care provider about your risks for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. (Source: excerpt from ATHEROSCLEROSIS: NWHIC)

Risks factors for Atherosclerosis: medical news summaries:

The following medical news items are relevant to risk factors for Atherosclerosis:

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• Combination therapy causes significant reduction in risk of heart attack
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• Dementia link to cranial blood flow
• Diabetic women don't fare as well as diabetic men following a stenting procedure
• Drug free way to lowering cholesterol
• Heart attack survivors risk stroke
• Heart disease influenced by poor oral hygiene
• Heart disease link to impotence
• Heart suffers from diet pill
• Hypothyroidism and heart disease
• Impotence and hypertension
• Loss of limbs from artery disease
• More to diabetes diagnosis
• New Heart Disease risk factors
• New risk factors may be associated with cardiovascular disease risk
• Plant protein may protect against some human diseases
• Rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease link
• More news »

About risk factors:

Risk factors for Atherosclerosis 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 Atherosclerosis makes the chances of getting a condition higher but does not always lead to Atherosclerosis. Also, the absence of any risk factors or having a protective factor does not necessarily guard you against getting Atherosclerosis. For general information and a list of risk factors, see the risk center.

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