Non-modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) are the risk factors that you cannot influence. The following is a list of the principal non-modifiable risk factors:
- Ethnicity: coronary heart disease is more common in South Asian communities. Stroke is more common in people of African Caribbean origin.
- Genetic: You have a greater risk of cardiovascular disease if your family has a history of cardiovascular disease.
- Sex: men are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease at an earlier age than women.
- Age: the older you are, the more likely you are to develop CVD.