article_snippet: It means a woman aged 40, who is of a healthy weight, smokes less than 10 cigarettes a day, has diabetes and has a family history of cardiovascular disease could be warned a family history of cardiovascular disease heart age is actually that of a 53-year-old.
article_snippet: a family history of cardiovascular disease could be warned a family history of cardiovascular disease is likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke by the age of 71, and given a three per cent chance of it happening in the next decade.
article_snippet: Another woman of the same age, weight and height, but who does not smoke or suffer diabetes and has no family history of heart disease could be told a family history of cardiovascular disease is likely to live until the age of 81 without suffering the same fate.
article_snippet: In addition, a family history of cardiovascular disease percentage risk of a heart attack or stroke would be just 0.9 per cent over the next decade.
article_snippet: A 55-year-old diabetic man who smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day, and has a family history of heart disease, could be told A 55-year-old diabetic man who smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day, and has a family history of heart disease risks a heart attack or stroke at the age of 67, and has a 30 per cent chance of it happening within 10 years.
article_snippet: In contrast, a man of the same age but who does not smoke or have other health problems, could expect to live to 80 years old without any risk of heart problems.
article_snippet: circulatory disease means a woman aged 40, who is of a healthy weight, smokes less than 10 cigarettes a day, has diabetes and has a family history of cardiovascular disease could be warned a family history of cardiovascular disease heart age is actually that of a 53-year-old, and that a family history of cardiovascular disease could expect to suffer a heart attack or stroke at the age of 71 .
article_snippet: Another woman of the same age, weight and height, but who does not smoke or suffer diabetes and has no family history could be told a family history of cardiovascular disease is likely to live until the age of 81 without suffering the same fate . '