Question

List the risk factors that contribute to coronary artery disease (CAD). What connections can you draw between these risk factors and the number of patients suffering from cardiovascular disorders in this country? Would government regulation or community agencies help reduce CAD prevalence?

Answer 1

Risk factors that contribute to coronary artery disease (CAD):
• high LDL cholesterol
• low HDL cholesterol
• high blood pressure
• family history
• diabetes
• smoking
• being post-menopausal for women and being older than 45 for men
• Obesity/Overweight
• lack of exercise
• stress

Number of patients:
About 78 million U.S. adults have high blood pressure
About 20 million have diabetes.
About 8 million adults have undiagnosed diabetes
About 87 million have pre-diabetes
Heart failure affects well over 5 million U.S. adults.

I can draw from the above data, that almost every person in the US has at least 1 risk factor that contribute to coronary artery disease (CAD).

Yes, I believe government or community agencies continuously help to reduce the risk; they regulate the production and consumption of saturated fat; they have invested in an advertisement, that is reminding the people the symptoms and preventions and how to get rid of it.

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