Table 11-5

Hypertension¹

Cigarette smoking

Obesity (BMI ≥ 30)¹

Physical inactivity

Dyslipidemia¹

Diabetes mellitus¹

Microalbuminuria or estimated GFR < 60 mL/min

Age (> 55 years for men, > 65 years for women)

Family history of premature cardiovascular disease (men < 55 years or women 65 years)

Heart

Left ventricular hypertrophy

Angina or prior myocardial infarction

Prior coronary revascularization

Heart failure

Brain

Stroke or transient ischemic attack

Chronic kidney disease

Peripheral arterial disease

Retinopathy

¹Components of the metabolic syndrome.

BMI indicates body mass index calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters; GFR = glomerular filtration rate.

From Chobanian AV et al: The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report. JAMA 2003;289:2560.