Risk Factors

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By being aware of what risk factors are and making some changes to your lifestyle, you can both help to prevent these illnesses and reduce their severity, while also improving your overall health and wellbeing.

Managing medical risk factors which increase your chances of having a stroke or heart attack, such as high blood pressure, cholesterol and Atrial Fibrillation, is also important. However, other risk factors like family history, ethnicity and age cannot be changed.Our Well Checks include tests to identify cardiovascular risk factors such as cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure and Atrial Fibrillation. Find out more about our Well Checks and book your check online here.

 

Useful resources

The Heart Age Test tells you your heart age compared to your real age.
Use this tool to enter your blood pressure reading and find out what it means, along with information on how to reduce a high reading.