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What are three risk factors that increase the chances of developing heart disease

What are three risk factors that increase the chances of developing heart disease?
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Heart Diseases - 7 Answers
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Smoking, drugs, a bad diet....and genetics. Also lack of exercise. If its in your family's history, then find out the habits of those relatives that had heart problems. See if they did or didn't do any of the above mentioned things. Pretty much, the healthier life style you live, the less likely you are to have problems. But that doesn't mean it wont happen.
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I would say Mammy summed it all up for me to add any thing...I twice that she said :)
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your question is answered only thing I could add is not seeing a doctor that's what happen to me untreated high BP. never went to the doctors work, work until I got very sick CHF
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* Congenital Heart diseases * Rheumatic fever which affects mitral and aortic valves, thyroid disorders, HIV infection, Chagas disease, lyme disease * High blood cholesterol and triglycerides + cigarette smoking + kidney disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, disturbed heart rhythms etc.
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Smoking,raised cholesterol,lack of vigorous exercise. Interestingly obesity has yet again been shown to NOT represent an isolated risk factor.
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Yes, Dr Frank points out an interesting fact; obesity alone may not increase the risk of heart disease, however obesity can cause high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, both of which increase the risk of heart disease.
7 :
Genetics. If anyone in your family has/had it. Smoking. Being overweight/obese

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