Calculate your risk of suffering from a heart attack in the next ten year
MB Heart Attack Risk Calculator is meant to calculate your risk of suffering from a heart attack in the next 10 years and provides the result as a percentage.
The interface is quite ugly although in this case it’s not so important, although it may cause some surprise when you see it.The program starts by asking you your age. If you are below 30 years-old, you can’t proceed unfortunately. This program is just for an audience that is over 30 andthere should be a warning somewhere when you download it. Anyway, the following question is about your systolic blood pressure. I know the vast majority of you don’t know what this is, but I’m sure if you had your blood tested, there will be a value between 98 and 186 referring to this. Enter your cholesterol level, which should be between 139 and 331 and specify the HDL, the good cholesterol. That’s all you have to insert to know the probability of having a heart attack in the next 10 years, expressed as a percentage.
I think a couple of other questions should have been added in the test. If you are a woman under HRT, hormonal replacement therapy, for example the probability of having a heart attack rises a lot especially when combined with smoking. Also, everyone consuming hydrogenated fats increases considerably their probability of having a heart attack.
If you recently had your blood tested and you want to calculate how healthy your system is, enter the required figures in this software to gain a quick result on your probability of staying healthy for the next 10 years.
MB Heart Attack Risk Calculator is a simple health software with an easy to use interface. The program is designed to calculate the risk of a person suffering from a heart attack in the next ten years depending on various factors.
A heart attack can be defined as the condition that occurs when a part of the heart’s wall muscles is deprived of blood. This may lead to the death of some muscle cells. This happens when blood supply isn’t regular and is blocked by fat deposits or blockages. This software is based on the Framingham Heart Study. This software can be used as guideline to take preventive measures that can eliminate or reduce the risk of a heart attack. By controlling the different factors given below one can reduce the risk of heart attacks.
The different factors that have been taken into consideration include:
1. Gender
2. Age
3. Total Cholesterol
4. The “Good” Cholesterol –HDL
5. Blood Pressure
6. Smoking
7. Diabetes
8. Ventricular Hypertrophy
MB Heart Attack Risk Calculator is a freeware and the best part is it can be administered within two to five minutes. All you have to do is enter the details required and the software does the rest for you.
