Peripheral Vascular Disease Risk Factors
What are the risk factors that lead to this condition? Are you at risk of getting Peripheral Vascular Disease? Below you'll find information on each of the known risk factors for this condition.
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Peripheral Vascular Disease Risks
The following factors increase your chance of developing PAD. If you have any of these risk factors, discuss them with your doctor:
- Diabetes
- Cigarette smoking
- High Blood Pressure (or family history)
- Coronary Artery Disease (or family history)
- Stroke (or family history)
- High Cholesterol (or family history)
- Age over 50
- High homocysteine level in blood
- Gender: Male
- Family history of PAD
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