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Heart disease, diabetes, OA= inflammation; silent killers

Here are a few unsettling stats:

• Cardiovascular diseases kill nearly 50,000 African American women annually.
• Of African American women ages 20 and older, 49 percent have heart diseases.
• Only 1 in 5 African American women believes she is personally at risk.
• Only 58% of African American women are aware of the signs and symptoms of a heart attack.
• Only 36% of African American women know that heart disease is their greatest health risk (goredforwomen.org)

But why is it targeting African Americans?

Researchers have found that there may be a gene that makes African Americans much more sensitive to the effects of salt, which in turn increases the risk for developing high blood pressure. In people who have this gene, as little as one extra gram (half a teaspoon) of salt could raise blood pressure by as much as five millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).

• The African American population also tends to have higher rates of obesity and diabetes, which puts them at greater risk for high blood pressure and heart disease. But for many African American women, particularly those who consider themselves perfectly healthy, perception may not always equal reality.

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