Cardiovascular Risk Factors Quiz UNIFRNAZ

What are the modifiable cardiovascular risk factors?

• Smoking, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity, lack of exercise, alcohol

• Increasing age, ethnicity, family history

• Passive smoking, chronic obstructive Airways disease

• None of the above

What is the most significant modifiable risk factor for atherosclerosis diseases?

• Diabetes mellitus

• Cigarette smoking

• Hypertension

• Obesity

What is the lifetime risk of a major lower limb amputation in diabetics?

• Ten to sixteen times higher

• Five to ten times higher

• Two to five times higher

• No increased risk

What does the Framingham Heart Study indicate about fasting cholesterol?

• It doubles the risk of atherosclerosis

• It has no effect on risk

• It decreases the risk of atherosclerosis

• It is only relevant for older adults

What is the effect of obesity and lack of exercise on atherosclerosis disease?

• They decrease the risk

• They increase the risk

• They have no effect

• They are protective factors

How does family history affect the risk of peripheral vascular disease?

• It has no effect

• It doubles the risk

• It reduces the risk

• It is only relevant for men

What is the effect of gender on cardiovascular disease risk?

• Women have higher rates

• Men have higher rates

• It is variable

• There is no effect

What is the effect of excessive alcohol on LDL cholesterol?

• It raises LDL cholesterol

• It lowers LDL cholesterol

• It has no effect

• It is beneficial