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Risk factors for heart disease are those conditions, personal traits and lifestyles that contribute to hardening of the arteries, also known as atherosclerosis, which causes coronary artery disease.

Some risk factors, such as age, gender, heredity and race, are not controllable; however, there are a number of risk factors that are controllable, which you can change. Some of these may be habits that have been part of your lifestyle for many years, so it may take real effort for you to change them.

This Heart Health Quiz can help show you areas of risk. It will provide you with information that may motivate you to learn more and help you make decisions about your lifestyle.

If you have questions after reading your report or about the quiz, please contact your primary care physician.  If you don't have a primary care physician, please call (614) 4-HEALTH for a physician referral.

Let Us Help

At OhioHealth Heart Care, we offer classes that can help you make lifestyle changes to improve your health and reduce your risk for heart disease.  They include:

Diabetes Education

The Diabetes Education Program at McConnell Heart Health Center provides participants and their families with the most current information and resources for self-management of Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational Diabetes.

The program is certified by the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). It is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE's), nurses, dietitians, exercise physiologists and a pharmacist.

Call the McConnell Heart Health Center, (614) 566-5356 or read more about our diabetes services.

Weight Management

Weight management at the McConnell Heart Health Center includes all of the benefits of a regular fitness membership, along with learning lifestyle changes to help you achieve and maintain weight loss. You do not need to be a McConnell member to participate in this program. Learn more about our heart health services.

Stress Management

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at Riverside Methodist's Elizabeth Blackwell Center teaches mind-body skills to work effectively with the general stressors of life. Research has demonstrated this program to be effective in reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression, pain, and a host of other stress-related disorders and symptoms. For more information call the EBC at (614) 566-3113.