Risk Factors
These factors increase your chance of developing heart attack. Tell your doctor if you have any of these:
- Sex: male
- Increased age
- Obesity
- Smoking
- High blood pressure
- Sedentary lifestyle
- High blood cholesterol (specifically, high LDL cholesterol, and low HDL cholesterol)
- High blood triglycerides
- Diabetes
- Stress
- Family members with heart disease
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