Answer the following questions to see if you are likely to develop heart problems.
Are you a woman over 55?
Are you a man over 45?
Do you smoke?
Are you of Maori or Pacific Island descent?
Are you overweight?
Do you have high blood pressure?
Do you have high cholesterol?
Do you have a family history of heart disease?
Do you have diabetes?
Do you have angina?
Have you ever had a heart attack, stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA)?
Did you say yes? The more times you answered yes, the greater your risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
If you said yes to at least one of the above questions, you should ask your GP for a risk assessment, which involves some basic checks and can calculate your chance of developing heart disease.
If you answered yes to questions nine to 11 you are in a high-risk category and should already be seeing your doctor regularly.
