Learn more about your risk for heart disease with this risk assessment tool.

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

Use this tool to find out.

In general, the higher your cholesterol level and the more risk factors you have, the higher your risk for developing heart disease or having a heart attack. Certain risk factors, such as diabetes, also put people at high risk. If you already have heart disease, then you're at high risk for having a heart attack.

Determine your risk for developing heart disease or having a heart attack and find out what your cholesterol goal should be. Answer the following questions and click the Calculate button. If you don't know the answers to any of these questions, discuss them with your doctor.

Do you have heart disease (including a history of heart attack, chest pain, angina, or stroke)?
- Yes
- No
Do you have diabetes?
- Yes
- No
Do you have a family history of early heart disease (in father or brother younger than 55 years or in mother or sister younger than 65 years)?
- Yes
- No
Have you smoked cigarettes in the past month?
- Yes
- No
Are you taking medication to treat high blood pressure?
- Yes
- No
What is your sex?
What is your age?
What is your total cholesterol (mg/dL)?
What is your HDL (good) cholesterol (mg/dL)?
What is your systolic blood pressure?
(Systolic is the first and larger blood pressure number.)

	
				If You Have
				You Are in Risk Category
				LDL-C Goal (mg/dL)
			
				Heart disease, diabetes, or risk score of more than 20%
				I. Highest Risk
				<100
			
				2 or more risk factors and risk score of 10%–20%
				II. Moderately High Risk
				<130
			
				2 or more risk factors and risk score of less than 10%
				III. Moderate Risk
				<130
			
				0 or 1 risk factor
				IV. Low to Moderate Risk
				<160

If You Have	You Are in Risk Category	LDL-C Goal (mg/dL)
Heart disease, diabetes, or risk score of more than 20%	I. Highest Risk	<100
2 or more risk factors and risk score of 10%–20%	II. Moderately High Risk	<130
2 or more risk factors and risk score of less than 10%	III. Moderate Risk	<130
0 or 1 risk factor	IV. Low to Moderate Risk	<160

This information is provided for educational purposes and is not a substitute for medical advice from your physician.

Your doctor or healthcare professional can give you a more detailed explanation—and personal recommendation—about what your cholesterol numbers should be. But the most important thing to do at this point is to take action.

*NCEP Expert Panel. 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). Bethesda, Md: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health; 2001. NIH publication 01-3670.