Peripheral Artery Disease: 5 People at High Risk

1. Being a smoker puts you at an increase by almost 4 times compared to non smokers for peripheral artery disease.

2. Having a family history of stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease put you at higher risk for peripheral artery disease.

3. Those that are considered obese (25 or more Body Mass Index-BMI) are more prone to developing heart disease.

4. Having diabetes mellitus puts you at risk for developing peripheral artery disease.

5. My favorite, lack of physical activity continues to be on the list for many illness risk and greatly effects those at risk for peripheral artery disease. The reason it's my favorite is that it's so easy to do. Even physically disabled are able to find some form of exercise that meets their needs.

5 simple words- get peripheral artery disease screening.