Risk factros of Cholesterol

Risk factors

Everybody has some risk of developing atheroma which then may cause one or more cardiovascular diseases. However, some situations increase the risk. These include:

• Lifestyle risk factors that can be prevented or changed:
• Smoking.
• Lack of physical activity (a sedentary lifestyle).
• Obesity.
• An unhealthy diet - including eating too much salt.
• Excess alcohol.
• Treatable or partly treatable risk factors:
• High blood pressure (hypertension).•High cholesterol blood level.
• High triglyceride (another type of fat) blood level.
• Diabetes.
• Kidney diseases that affect kidney function.
• Fixed risk factors - ones that you cannot alter:
• A strong family history. This means if you have a father or brother who developed heart disease     or a stroke before they were 55, or in a mother or sister before they were 65.
• Being male.
• An early menopause in women.
• Age. 
• Ethnic group.