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Heart health

Cardiovascular disease is the leading global cause of death, and its two loudest early warnings — high blood pressure and high cholesterol — are usually silent. Hypertension at 50 costs about five years of life; knowing your numbers matters almost as much as the numbers, because unmeasured risk can’t be treated. A low resting heart rate generally reflects good cardiovascular fitness.

The research

  • Franco et al., Hypertension 2005 — hypertension at 50 ≈ −5y total life
  • Ettehad et al., Lancet 2016 — each 10mmHg lowered ≈ −13% all-cause mortality
  • Prospective Studies Collaboration, Lancet 2007 — cholesterol and vascular mortality
  • CTT Collaboration, Lancet 2010 — statins ≈ −10% all-cause mortality per mmol/L LDL
  • Jensen et al., Heart 2013 — resting heart rate as independent mortality predictor

  1. 1. What’s your blood pressure like?

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  2. 2. What’s your cholesterol like?

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  3. 3. What’s your resting heart rate?

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