1,000,000 time bombs
April 1, 2014
According to recent data
released by the Australian Heart
Foundation (AHF), more than one
million Australians over the age of
45 have both high blood pressure
and high cholesterol, the two major
risk factors for heart attack.
Dr Robert Grenfell, National
Director of Cardiovascular Health
at the AHF said every year around
55,000 people had a heart attack
and risk factors like high blood
pressure and high cholesterol
significantly increased the chance
of having one.
“Other risk factors like smoking,
obesity, lack of physical activity,
poor diet, diabetes and kidney
disease all contribute to a higher
risk.”
Dr Grenfell said the large number
of people who have both risk
factors is disturbing considering
that they are preventable and
manageable and that nine out of
10 people diagnosed with high
cholesterol and seven out of 10
with high blood pressure didn’t
know they had it.
“The only way to find out if you’re
at risk is to get your blood pressure
and cholesterol checked by a health
professional.”
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