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Hello, my name is Dr. Susan Jewell and on behalf of Expert Village today I'm going to
talk to you about cholesterol. And in particular in this series of clips we are going to talk
about how to lower the intake of cholesterol. Now in this clip we are going to talk about
risk factors. Risk factors of getting cardiovascular diseases like strokes and heart attacks because
you have high cholesterol levels in your body; now one of the risk factors. Well it's been
shown that cigarettes and certain lifestyles like sedentary lifestyles, drinking a large
amount of alcohol and diet, obesity overweight, high fatty diets are some major contributing
factors that will increase your cholesterol level in your body and therefore put you at
risk at a higher risk of getting cardiovascular problems like heart attack or strokes. The
age and sex also is a contributing factor. The older you are, the more you've put yourself
at risk for getting cardiovascular disease if you've not lived a healthy lifestyle in
terms of your intake, your diet and exercise. Also sex as well. Females tend to be at a
higher risk of getting cardiovascular problems in terms of having a high cholesterol level.
Certain diseases like diabetes and hypertension puts a person at a high risk compared to the
normal population of getting higher cholesterol levels because the disease itself and also
because of the medication; some medication that causes the sequestering or retaining
of the cholesterol in the blood. So diabetes, hypertension puts a person at a even higher
risk of getting cardiovascular problems. And of course if you have high HDL levels in your
blood. So these are some of the factors to consider when you are looking at a person
with, at a risk of getting cardiovascular problems from high cholesterol in the blood.