Risk factors for coronary artery disease
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Risk factors for coronary artery disease
Risk factors for coronary artery disease include:
- High blood pressure.
- Smoking.
- High LDL (low-density lipoprotein, "bad") cholesterol (greater than 130 mg/dL).
- Low HDL (high-density lipoprotein, "good") cholesterol (less than 40 mg/dL).
- Family history of coronary artery disease.
- Fatal heart attack in a parent or sibling at an early age (before age 45 in men; before age 55 in women).
- Increasing age (men age 45 or older; women age 55 or older).
- Diabetes.
- Being overweight.
- Lack of exercise.
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| Author | Robin Parks, MS |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD - Cardiology |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Ruth Schneider, MPH, RD - Diet and Nutrition |
| Last Updated | April 24, 2007 |
| Last updated: | April 24, 2007 |
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| Author: | Robin Parks, MS |
| Reviewed By: | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, Ruth Schneider, MPH, RD - Diet and Nutrition |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman |
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