"KnowYour 4" that you can understand the lifetime risk of heart disease simply by entering four numbers

ByLolika pop

It is always included in the result of medical examination that requires blood test "Total cholesterol"HDL cholesterol"Maximum blood pressure"When"Number of cigarettes smoked in a week"By selecting only sex and race by entering the four numerical values" service of understanding lifelong risk of heart disease such as heart attack "KnowYour 4"is.

KnowYour 4: Four Numbers Can Predict Your Risk of a Heart Attack
http://www.knowyour4.com/

When opening the above URL, enter the numerical values ​​of "total cholesterol", "HDL cholesterol", "blood pressure maximum value", "number of tobacco smoked in one week" in order from "1", "sex" "race" "high blood pressure Do you have medicine? "" Select the presence or absence of diabetes "and click" Calculate My Risk "at the end.


The lifetime risk of heart disease with the number entered earlier was 22%. "Ideal Risk (ideal value)" is 13%, so it is 9 points away.


If the ideal values ​​of "total cholesterol" "HDL cholesterol" "highest blood pressure" "number of cigarettes smoked in one day" are listed on the right, and only the number entered is "only the number of cigarettes smoked in a week" I was over the ideal value considerably.


At the end of the result is written a lifetime risk of heart disease and advice to reduce lifetime risk. It is necessary to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked in a week to reduce lifetime risk.


Change only "Number of cigarettes smoked in a week" among the numerical values ​​entered earlier to "0" and rechallenge.


If only "the number of cigarettes smoked in a week" is set to "0", the lifetime risk of heart disease is 13%. Just by reducing tobacco, nine points also reduced the lifetime risk of heart disease.


Although KnowYour 4 does not necessarily measure the lifetime risk of accurate heart disease, it is likely to be an indicator of whether or not you are sending a healthy life. People whose life-long risk of heart disease has exceeded the ideal value significantly seems to have better reviewed the diet and life rhythm.