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Women's Heart Matters - Heart Disease Risk Calculator
MemorialCare Medical Centers Your Health: Heart Disease Risk Calculator
To find out your risk of heart disease, just fill out the form below. This particular form is calculated for women. A man's calculations would be slightly different. If the results show you may be at risk for heart disease, discuss these results with your doctor as soon as possible.  
   
Women's Heart Disease Risk Calculator  
Select one item from each of the 5 questions below and then click the Calculate button to view your results. All 5 questions must be answered in order to calculate your heart disease risk factor.  
 
 1.  Age  
20-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54
55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79
 
   
 
 2.  Smoker?  
Age: 20-39 yrs
40-49 yrs
50-59 yrs
60-69 yrs
70-79 yrs
 Yes
 No
 
   
 
 3. Total Cholesterol (TC)  
(mg/dL)
 20-39 yrs
40-49 yrs
50-59 yrs
60-69 yrs
70-79 yrs
 <160
 160-199
 200-239
 240-279
 >280
 
   
 
 4.High-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C)  
 (mg/dL) <40 40-49 50-59 >60
 
   
 
 5. Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP)  
(mm Hg):
<120
120-129
130-139
140-159
>160
 Treated
 Untreated
 
   
   
 
   
 Results  
Your Risk of Heart Disease over the next 10 years:     
   
   
Source  
The Heart Disease Risk calculator is based on a point system drawn from the following sources:  
Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults.
Executive summary of the third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) expert panel on detection , evaluation and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). JAMA. 2001;285:2486-2497.
 
   
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