Heart Disease Risk Factors, Causes of Heart Disease

Heart Disease Risk Factors

Heart disease 'risk factors' are characteristics that increase our chance of developing heart disease.

These include:

smoking
high blood cholesterol
physical inactivity
diabetes
high blood pressure
being overweight
depression, social isolation and lack of social support.

Being male and having a family history of early death from heart disease are also heart disease risk factors.

Leading a healthy lifestyle and following medical advice to reduce or remove risk factors and causes of heart disease, over which we have some control, is the best way to reduce the risk of developing heart disease, and to help prevent it getting worse if it already exists.

We have provided a good range of information that can help you reduce or remove heart disease risk factors. Click here to navigate to our Healthy Living section of this website.

Resources

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If you would like any further information about keeping your heart healthy, please email us or ring us 1300 36 27 87.