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Your LDL and You--Determining Your Risk

Other Risk Factors

See how many of the risk factors that influence your LDL-lowering treatment apply to you:

  • Age (males 45 years or older; females 55 years or older)
  • Family history of early CHD (father or brother affected before age 55; mother or sister affected before age 65)
  • Current cigarette smoking
  • High blood pressure or taking blood pressure medicine
  • Low HDL ("good") cholesterol (less than 40 mg/dL)

Image: Attention markerIf HDL is 60 mg/dL or higher, subtract 1 risk factor

I Have:
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0 - 1 risk factor
2 or more risk factors

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