Nearly Half of Adults at Risk for Heart Disease

Buffalo NewsApril 27, 2010

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Nearly half of all adult Americans have high cholesterol, high blood pressure or diabetes, all conditions that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, researchers from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.

One in eight Americans has at least two of the conditions and one in 33 has all three, sharply increasing their risk. Of those with at least one condition, 15 percent have not been diagnosed, according to the report released online.

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Nearly Half of Adults at Risk for Heart Disease

"The number that really surprises me is the penetration of these conditions into the U.S. population...

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