The following are contributing factors that often lead to stroke.
Controllable Stroke Risk Factors:
- High blood pressure
- Smoking
- Alcohol
- High cholesterol
- Obesity/overweight
- Physical inactivity
- Atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat)
- Unhealthy diet
Uncontrollable Stroke Risk Factors:
- Age
- Gender
- Family history
- Race
- Diabetes
- Cardiac disease
There are many stroke risk factors that your careful lifestyle cannot impact. Therefore, no matter how pro-active you are about your good health, it is wise to have a Life Line Screening preventive health screening.
