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Weekly health quiz: Blood pressure, fasting and sirtuins

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1 Which of the following tests is a powerful measure of your heart disease risk?

  • Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score

    Your coronary artery calcium or CAC score is a powerful measure of your cardiac disease risk. Having a CAC score of 0 in middle age means you have a very low risk (1.4%) of heart attack in the following decade; above 1,000, your risk of a heart attack within the next 10 years is 37%. Learn more.

  • Total cholesterol
  • LDL and HDL cholesterol
  • Mean corpuscular volume

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