Things You'll Need:
- to read this and be aware.
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Step 1
- Cigartte Smoking: (risk simlar to that of men)
- Hypertension, including isolated systolic hypertension: (benefits of antihypertensice therapy similar for women and men)
-Dyslipidemia: (low level of HDL chelesterol is a risk, factor CAD in younger and older women and stronger predictor of death in women than in men)
- Diabetes mellitus (stronger risk factor in women than in men) -
Step 2
- Obesity (abdominal adiposity is a particularly important risk of coronary heart disease in women)
- Sedentary lifestyle (as in men a substantial reduction in risk of coronary heart disease results from even moderate activity)
- Poor Nutrition -
Step 3
Heart disease significatly increases risk of stroke, Independent of blood pressure, people with CAD or heart failure have more than twice the risk of storke as people with normal heart rate. Elimination of cigarette, and treatment of high blood pressure reduce the risk of heart disease and thus the risk of a stroke.











