Risk Factors
A risk factor is something that increases your chances of getting a disease or condition. The following factors will increase your chances of developing primary polycythemia:
- Sex: male (twice as likely to be affected as women)
- Age: over the age of 40 years old; only very rarely are individuals under the age of 40 diagnosed with primary polycythemia.
- Race: Caucasians
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A history of:
- Abnormal or increased production of platelets in the blood
- Overall increase in the total number of red blood cells in the blood
- Blood clotting or thickening of the blood in the veins and major arteries
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