Almo t half the
p ople with high
chole terol also
have high blood
pressure; about
40% of those
with high blood
pressure a/so
have high
cholesterol.
"
I
t IIi 'd,
Yet approximately on -third of
Americans ay they know "little" or
"nothing" about the ri ks of high cho-
1 terol or high blo d pres ure ac­
cording to a Gallup SUIV y of 1 000
adults, Of th( urveyed, 66 P Ii nt
don't kno their chol tern I arid 59
percent don t know their bl d pr -
sure numbers.
"You can't confront your ri k of
heart attack until you know your ch -
lesterol and blood pre ure. nurn-
m king
amily hi tory
High
High blood pre
10%
ial dan
OM P OP have a predominance of oft plaque in' their
art ries but researchers don't know why,
"Current eviden does confirm that lowerin high blood levels of
lDL cholesterol i a key tcp in lowin th formation of plaqu in the
arteri ," Ambrose aid.
at t public thin
a high chol terol and
heart di ea ri k
ta:
I will
')"
"0 cto who hay pan n with
'fJ-
cry
Ma he
Pr babl
1
-
t at
all
lowe.:
o n ur
P ti nt
mpli n
allow f r arly id nti-