Cardiovascular risk factors Flashcards
What is the major cause of death world wide
coronary heart disease
Established CHD risk factors (5)
smoking, diabetes, cholesterol, blood pressure, BMI
Other CHD risk factors (2)
left ventricular size and fibrinogen
fibrinogen
clotting factor
what happens to CHD risk facors
aggregate
what promotes major CHD traits
weight gain
common CHD risk factors
age, sex, lipids, weight, blood pressure
what is the most important CHD risk factor
age
what % of CHD is >65 years
80%
who dies earlier and more frequently from CHD
men
when are women protected
before menopause
post menopause are women at a higher risk of CHD than men
no
does hormone therapy post menopause reduce risk of CHD
no
CHD rates are adjusted for (2)
age and sex
good cholesterol
HDL
bad cholesterol (2)
LDL and VLDL
TAG
triacylglyceol
what type of weight gain predisposes to CHD
central adiposity
what gives a family history for CHD (3)
first degree relative x4 risk, genes, environment
what is an unproven but popular explanation for CHD
stress
how many of units of alcohol for lowest coronary risk
2
risk of CHD increases with
systolic blood pressure
systolic blood pressure measured in
mmHg
what greatly increases CHD risk
smoking
