. 2016 Feb 21;12(2):140–147. doi: 10.1177/1559827616633683

Table 1.

Stroke Risk Factors.^6,75,76

Nonmodifiable	Modifiable
● Increasing age: risk doubles every 10 years after the age of 55 years ● Gender: women have a higher lifetime risk for stroke than men ● Race and ethnicity: incidence is higher in Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, and Alaska natives than Whites or Asians ● Family history: possibly related to genetics and shared environmental and lifestyle influences ● Prior stroke: 10-year risk of recurrence is 43%	● Hypertension: systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg ● Hypercholesterolemia: low-density lipoprotein ≥100 mg/dL ● Obesity: body mass index ≥30 kg/m² ● Physical inactivity: <30-60 minutes of aerobic activity 3-5 times per week ● Diabetes ● Smoking ● Heavy alcohol consumption: >2 drinks for men and >1 for women per day

Nonmodifiable

Modifiable

● Increasing age: risk doubles every 10 years after the age of 55 years
● Gender: women have a higher lifetime risk for stroke than men
● Race and ethnicity: incidence is higher in Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, and Alaska natives than Whites or Asians
● Family history: possibly related to genetics and shared environmental and lifestyle influences
● Prior stroke: 10-year risk of recurrence is 43%

● Hypertension: systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg
● Hypercholesterolemia: low-density lipoprotein ≥100 mg/dL
● Obesity: body mass index ≥30 kg/m²
● Physical inactivity: <30-60 minutes of aerobic activity 3-5 times per week
● Diabetes
● Smoking
● Heavy alcohol consumption: >2 drinks for men and >1 for women per day