Interactive Tool: How Does Smoking Increase Your Risk of Heart Attack?What does this tool measure?
Click here to
find out how much smoking increases your heart attack risk  . This
interactive tool measures how smoking—independent of other risk factors—affects
your chance of having a heart attack in the next 10 years. The tool calculates
your risk from the values you enter. The information for this tool is based on
the Framingham Heart Study. Since 1948 the Framingham Heart Study has studied
the progression of heart disease and the risk factors of heart disease. The
data from this study has been used to make a risk assessment. This risk
assessment was created by the U.S. National Cholesterol Education Program
(NCEP), part of the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. The values you enter include your age and
gender. The tool uses a systolic blood pressure of 120
millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), an
HDL cholesterol measurement of 55
milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), and a
total cholesterol measurement of 200 mg/dL to
calculate your risk based on smoking alone. Smoking does have a
negative effect on both cholesterol and blood pressure. So if you smoke and
also have other risk factors for heart disease, your risk may be higher than
this tool says it is.
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