Your answers to the following questions can help determine your risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the next 10 years. Based on your answers, we've also included recommendations to help keep your heart healthy.
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Please check your weight and height for accuracy and, if necessary, re-enter them.
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Since you don't know both your total and HDL cholesterol levels, we will use your weight and height to calculate your body mass index, and use that to estimate your risk instead. To get a more accurate estimate, consider having a doctor measure your cholesterol levels.
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Your risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular event in the next 10 years is the same as for a 43-year-old man in normal health.
Risk levels and heart-age calculations are based on research from the Framingham Heart Study. What's behind the calculator?
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Kicking the habit is probably the single most important thing you can do to protect your heart. Smokers are two to four times more likely to develop heart disease, and as many as 30 percent of all heart-disease deaths in the U.S. each year stem from cigarette smoking. See our tips on how to quit smoking.
Because you have diabetes, you should be especially aggressive in managing risk factors for heart attack and stroke. That often means getting your blood pressure and cholesterol levels measured more often than other people, and aiming for lower levels as well. See our tips for managing diabetes.
Our recommendations about cholesterol depend on your risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular event in the next 10 years. Since we can't estimate that risk for you, talk with a doctor, and see our tips for lowering cholesterol levels.