• High blood pressure increases heart health risk even when you’re on medication to control it.
• High blood pressure increases heart attack and stroke risk because it puts stress on your heart and the rest of your circulatory system – even when you’re on a blood pressure medication.

• Diabetics are 2 to 4 times more likely to have heart health issues, including heart attack or stroke.
• Diabetics are 2 to 4 times more likely to have heart health issues, including heart attack or stroke. And 68% of diabetics over the age of 65 die of some sort of heart disease.

high cholesterol

• High “bad” cholesterol may cause fat build-up in arteries, raising your risk for heart attack and stroke.
• High “bad” cholesterol may cause fat build-up in arteries (atherosclerosis), which raises the risk of both heart attack and stroke, including clot-related (ischemic) stroke.

• Heart attack and stroke survivors are at a higher risk for having another event.
• Both heart attack and stroke survivors are at a higher risk for having another. Plus heart attack survivors are at higher risk for stroke and vice versa. In addition, your family history can raise your heart health risks.