Cardiovascular Major Risk Factors


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	Cardiovascular Major Risk Factors Hypertension Cigarette smoking Obesity (BMI >/=30): indicates body mass index calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters Physical inactivity Dyslipidemia Diabetes mellitus Microalbuminuria or estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) <60 mL/min Age (>55 years for men, >65 years for women) Family history of premature cardiovascular disease (men <55 years or women 65 years) Related Criteria: Criteria for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Screening for a Risk Factor NYHA Functional Classification for Congestive Heart Failure Framingham Criteria for Congestive Heart Failure Duke Criteria for Infective Endocarditis (IE) Revised Jones Criteria for Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) Wells Clinical Prediction Rule for Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis Braunwald Classification of Unstable Angina (UA) Diagnostic Criteria for Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger’s Disease) More... References: Chobaniam AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, Cushman WC, Green LA, Izzo JL, Jones DW, Materson BJ, Oparil S, Wright JT, Roccella EJ, and the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Coordinating Committee. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. The JNC 7 Report. JAMA 2003;289:2560-2572 [Medline] Sponsored Links
	Created: April 29, 2005 Last Modified: 10/17/2010