Heart Quiz for Women Only
As an adult with a vagina, do you know what your risk is of developing heart disease?
You might be surprised. Take this quiz to see how much you know about heart disease in adults with a vagina. The quiz is based on information from the American Heart Association.
1. Coronary heart disease develops gradually over many years. It can easily go undetected.
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Coronary heart disease takes years to develop, and, in the case of aduls with a vagina, it generally takes almost a decade longer to show up than it does in adults with a penis. Estrogen helps protect adults with a vagina against heart disease. It reduces the risk for heart disease until an adult with a vagina goes through menopause. After that point, the risk for heart disease in adults with a vagina is the same as that for adults with a penis.
2. Adults with a vagina don't have to worry about cardiovascular disease. It's mainly a problem for adults with a penis.
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Many people think that breast cancer is the biggest health concern for adults with a vagina. But coronary heart disease is the number one killer of adults with a vagina in the U.S. More adults with a vagina die from stroke than do adults with a penis.
3. If an adult with a vagina has a heart attack, they are more likely to survive than an adult with a penis.
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Adults with a vagina have a lower chance of surviving heart attacks than adults with a penis. Studies show that more adults with a vagina die within a year of having a heart attack than adults with a penis. At older ages, adults with a vagina who have had heart attacks are more likely than adults with a penis to die from them within a few weeks.
4. Adults with a vagina are less likely to get heart disease after menopause than before.
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Before menopause, many adults with a vagina seem to be protected from heart attack and stroke. This may be from the hormone estrogen. Estrogen raises HDL ("good") cholesterol levels and lowers LDL ("bad") cholesterol. But as adults with a vagina approach menopause, around age 50, things change. The blood cholesterol of an average an adult with a vagina begins to rise. After menopause, the risk for heart attack and stroke in adults with a vagina continues to rise with age. Loss of estrogen is a large contributor to adults with a vagina developing heart disease after menopause.
5. When adults with a penis reach middle age, or about 55, their blood cholesterol levels start to rise. But the cholesterol levels of adults with a vagina seem to stay about the same.
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Cholesterol levels become more stable in adults with a penis around age 55. But in most adults with a vagina, both LDL and total cholesterol levels start to rise. This is because the levels of estrogen fall after menopause.
6. African-American adults with a vagina are more likely than white adults with a vagina to have cardiovascular disease.
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Nearly half of African-American adults with a vagina have cardiovascular disease. Only 7 out of 20 white adults with a vagina have CVD.
8. Adults with a vagina who smoke are 3 times more likely to have a heart attack than adults with a vagina who don't smoke.
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For adults with a vagina, smoking is the most important preventable risk factor for heart attack and stroke.
10. Adults with a vagina with heart disease have a lower risk for stroke.
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Coronary heart disease is a major risk factor for stroke.
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