Risk factors for cardiovascular disease

With the development of economy and affluent life, more and more coronary heart disease or cerebrovascular disease occur. This is mainly manifested in two aspects, diet and exercise. Malnutrition is now scarce among urban dwellers, and is replaced by over nutrition. Now high energy foods abound, fried foods, cakes, meat and so on. Chronic overeating has become a common phenomenon in many people's lives. Urban people are also less and less physical exercise, the development of transport and urban expansion has made walking and cycling become the second choice. This is what we call a sedentary lifestyle. We get up in the morning, go to work by car, work for a long time in front of a desk or in front of a computer, and go home and sit in front of the tv. This lifestyle, coupled with over eating, makes it difficult to understand the reason why the average weight of Chinese people is increasing.
What threatens our cardiovascular cardiovascular risk factors?:
* obesity
Obesity has been recognized as one of the important risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and excessive weight overload can increase heart burden. Its direct link with coronary heart disease is because it affects blood pressure and blood lipid levels. In addition, obese people are more likely to develop diabetes. 5 to 10 kg weight loss can significantly reduce the chance of cardiovascular disease.
* lack of physical exercise
Lack of physical exercise is another risk factor that can be corrected. Regular exercise can help prevent cardiovascular disease. Long term exercise with moderate intensity can bring about obvious benefits. High intensity exercise benefits more. Exercise can help you control blood lipids, diabetes, obesity, and other risk factors for blood pressure.
* hypertension
High blood pressure increases the heart load, causing the heart to become bigger and weaker. If a person suffering from hypertension and diabetes, the incidence rate of cardiovascular disease will double his blood pressure, the two pressure, systolic blood pressure, which is generally said, should be between 90 - 140mmHg, diastolic blood pressure, which is low, should be between 60 - 90mmHg. Blood pressure above 160/95 is referred to as hypertension, below which is higher than normal, referred to as borderline hypertension. High blood pressure is also a trigger for cerebrovascular accidents (strokes) and kidney failure.
* hyperlipidemia
High levels of cholesterol, fat, low-density lipoprotein, LDL, or HDL in the blood
Too little can increase the risk of thrombosis and atherosclerosis, which can lead to coronary heart disease or cerebrovascular accidents.
* diabetes mellitus
Diabetes has seriously increased the incidence of cardiovascular disease. Even if blood sugar was kept at normal levels, risk factors were also significantly increased. 2/3 of diabetics die of cardiovascular disease or stroke. If you have diabetes, you must strictly control other risk factors.
* smoking
The incidence of myocardial infarction in smokers is more than two times that of non-smokers. Smokers have the highest rates of sudden cardiac death, and people who smoke secondhand smoke also have a higher risk of heart disease.
* genetic factors

Close relatives of patients with cardiovascular disease or death are also considered to have increased risk.

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