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High Blood Cholesterol: What You Need to Know, Part 4 Cont.

What is your risk of developing heart disease or having a heart attack? Step 2 and Step 3.
What is your risk of developing heart disease or having a heart attack?

Step 2

How many major risk factors do you have? If you have 2 or more risk factors in the list on the previous page, use the risk scoring tables (which include your cholesterol levels) to find your risk score. Risk score refers to the chance of having a heart attack in the next 10 years, given as a percentage. (use the Framingham Point Scores)

My 10-year risk score is %.

What is your risk of developing heart disease or having a heart attack?

Step3

Use your medical history, number of risk factors, and risk score to find your risk of developing heart disease or having a heart attack in the table below.

If You Have You Are In Category
Heart disease, diabetes, or risk score more than 20%* I. High Risk
2 or more risk factors and risk score 10-20% II. Next Highest Risk
2 or more risk factors and risk score less than 10% III. Moderate Risk
0 or 1 risk factor IV. Low-to-Moderate Risk

*Means that more than 20 of 100 people in this category will have a heart attack within 10 years.

My risk category is.
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