High Cholesterol Risk Factors
What are the risk factors that lead to this condition? Are you at risk of getting High Cholesterol? Below you'll find information on each of the known risk factors for this condition.
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High Cholesterol Risks
These factors increase your chance of high cholesterol:
- Age: cholesterol levels tend to rise with age
- Sex:
- Males
- Females after Menopause
- Family members with high cholesterol
- High-fat diet
- Overweight , overweight
- Sedentary lifestyle
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