SATURDAY, Jan. 27, 2007 (HealthDay News) -- A new online heart disease risk calculator that can help you understand and gauge your heart attack risk is available from the Mayo Clinic.
The risk calculator on MayoClinic.com asks several questions about your lifestyle and health and then determines your 10-year risk of a heart attack. The risk score is based on a number of factors, such as age, gender, tobacco use, cholesterol levels, and blood pressure.
You can find the risk calculator by heading to MayoClinic.com and looking under "Heart Disease Risk Factors," in the Web site's Heart Disease Center.
About one in 10 people with a risk level of 12 percent will have a heart attack or die of heart disease within the next 10 years, experts say.
Here are five heart disease prevention tips:
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There's more on reducing heart disease risk factors at the American Heart Association.