Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease

Over at The Medical Blog Network, Dr. Rob Lamberts gives an overview of risk factors for coronary heart disease.

1. Diabetes – especially Type 2 (Adult onset) diabetes
2. High blood pressure
3. Family history of heart disease (Father under age 55, mother under age 65 or siblings with heart disease are considered strong risk factors)
4. Smoking – the more the merrier – smoking a single cigarette per day is not the same as 2 packs per day, but both are a bad idea.
5. High Cholesterol.

Learn more at Dr. Lamberts’s blog.