Question 1 / 11: Family history

Your father or brother under age 55 or your mother or sister under age 65 has had a heart attack, stroke, angioplasty or bypass surgery?

Question 2 / 11: Older age

You are over 55 years old:

Question 3 / 11: Smoking

Either you smoke or you are exposed to secondhand smoke every day:

Question 4 / 11: High blood pressure

Your blood pressure is over 135/85 mm Hg or you have been told that you have high blood pressure:

Question 5 / 11: Physical inactivity

You do exercise for at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity, like taking a brisk walk, on most days:

Question 6 / 11: Diabetes

You have been told that you have diabetes or take medicine to help control your blood sugar:

Question 7 / 11: Blood cholesterol levels (lipids)

Your « good » cholesterol HDL is less than 50mg/dL:

Question 8 / 11: Overweight

You are 20 pounds or more overweight... (more than 1/3 of American women are more than 20pounds overweight):

Question 9 / 11: Metabolic syndrome

You have at least three of these symptoms: High blood sugar, High triglycerides, Low HDL, High blood pressure, Large waist:

Question 10 / 11: Stress

You have a high demand/low control job with sustained high levels of stress:

Question 11 / 11: Nutrition

You follow a healthy diet which consists of eating fruits, vegetables and whole-grain high-fiber foods, eating fish at least twice a week; limiting alcohol intake to no more than 1 drink per day; limiting sodium intake, and avoiding all trans-fatty acids: