Who is a Candidate For Heart Disease?

Heart disease does not discrimnate. However, it is more prevalent in some groups than in others. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in:*

• African-Americans
• Hispanics
• American Indians

*Source: Statistics from the National Heart Lung & Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health

Also at high risk are people who

• have high cholesterol and other lipids
• are diabetic
• are stressed by job, family, finances, life
• lead sedentary lives
• are smokers
• are overweight or obese
• have high blood pressure
• eat foods that contain too much salt

 
Even young people can suffer heart attacks, especially if:

• heart disease runs in the family
• they overdo sports activity
• they are taking steroids of any kind
• they have congenital heart disease that wasn’t diagnosed at birth
• they are overweight or diabetic