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7 RISK FACTORS OF HYPERTENSION YOU MUST KNOW

  • Family history of cardiovascular disease
  • Obesity
  • Age(older than 55years in men and 65 years in women but now common in the youth because of our lifestyle)
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Sedentary lifestyle
  • Impaired renal failure(GFR<60ml/min and or microalbuminuria)
  • Elevated LDL or low HDL(common in Artherosclerotic heart disease patients).

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