Risk Factors & Health Indicators

Question 1

Examples of Direct cardiovascular markers

Answer 1

Abnormal blood lipid levels, and other shit I couldn’t understand on their slides

Question 2

Some examples of unmodifiable risk factors

Answer 2

age, gender, family history, ethnic origin, Type I Diabetes, previous MI/stroke

Question 3

What 6 Risk factors do we need to know

Answer 3

smoking, obesity, blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, family history

Question 4

when is smoking considered toward risk stratification

Answer 4

current smoker, or quit within the last 6 mo

Question 5

What is a normal BMI?

Answer 5

18.5-25.9

Question 6

When is someone considered overweight regarding BMI? Obese?

Answer 6

25, 30 and above

Question 7

BMI

Answer 7

ratio of weight to height squared

Question 8

While BMI can be an indicator of CVD, but what is a better indicator?

Answer 8

Central Adiposity 80cm in woman, 90cm in men

Question 9

When BMI is overweight, ________ can indicate whether weight is muscle or fat

Answer 9

waist circumference

Question 10

phase when heart relaxes, blood pressure falls and blood fills the heart

Answer 10

diastolic

Question 11

phase when the heart contracts, blood pressure rises and blood moves out along the vessels

Answer 11

systolic

Question 12

What is considered normal for blood pressure

Answer 12

less than 120/80

Question 13

a patient who is 140/90 is considered

Answer 13

Hypertensive stage 1

Question 14

Restriction of dietary sodium is a lifestyle modification for

Answer 14

Hypertension

Question 15

_____ stick to artery walls and can lead to plaque build-up

Answer 15

LDLs

Question 16

What carries LDLs away from artery walls?

Answer 16

HDLs

Question 17

What must lipid molecules be packaged in to transport in the blood

Answer 17

lipoproteins

Question 18

What is the largest type of Cholesterol

Answer 18

VLDL

Question 19

What is a desirable total cholesterol level

Answer 19

less than 200

Question 20

Exercise increases ____ and decreases ______ in regards to cholesterol

Answer 20

HDL and LDL receptor activity

LDL and triglycerides

Question 21

What is the negative risk factor?

Answer 21

if HDL is larger than 60mg/dL

Question 22

Risk strat age

Answer 22

men 45 or older

women 55 or older

Question 23

risk strat Obesity

Answer 23

BMI greater than 30 or…
waist girth
greater than 35 in (female)
greater than 40 in (male)

Question 24

risk stat BP

Answer 24

SBP greater than 140 mmHg or
DPB greater than 90 mmHg or
taking HTN meds

Question 25

risk strat cholesterol

Answer 25

LDL greater than 130mg/dL or
HDL less than 40mg/dL or
on lipid lowering meds

Question 26

risk strat smoking

Answer 26

current or

quit within last 6 mo

Question 27

risk strat diabetetes

Answer 27

pre-diabetes: fasting blood glucose greater than 100 but less than 126 mg/dL

Question 28

risk strat family history

Answer 28

cardiac event before 55 in father or 1st degree relative

cardiac event before 65 in mother or 1st degree female relative

Question 29

some one has low risk if they have

Answer 29

1 or less risk factors

Question 30

someone is classified as having a moderate risk for CVD if they

Answer 30

have 2 or more risk factors

Question 31

Someone is classified as high risk if they have

Answer 31

known disease or signs/symptoms of cardiac, pulmonary or metabolic disease

Question 32

A few examples of modifiable risk factors

Answer 32

BP, Type II Diabetes, Obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking, lack of PA, diet, poor psychological well being