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Risk Factors for Heart Disease
- Genetics: If heart disease runs in your family
- Gender: Heart attacks kill nearly as many women as men in the United States
- Age: 85% of people who die of coronary heart disease are 65 or older
- High blood cholesterol
- High blood pressure
- Physical inactivity
- Obesity or oveweight
- Tobacco use
- Diabetes
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