“Knowing your numbers is an important part of keeping your heart healthy. Checking your blood pressure, cholesterol levels and blood sugar levels…”.1
Umbrella
What may the Know Your Numbers Umbrella include?
Depending on the Source (DotS) this Umbrella may include:
- Key Health Measures
- Know Your Health Numbers
- Know Your Numbers
- Know Your Risks, Know Your Numbers
Numbers
What numbers do women (and men) need to know?
In Know Your Numbers They Could Just Save Your Life the (United States) Go Red for Women elaborate on:
Menopause
What is the association between menopause and cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke)?
In Health After Menopause: Cardiovascular Disease the (Australian) Jean Hailes for Women’s Health note:
Blood pressure can increase after menopause, as can total cholesterol and LDL, or ‘bad cholesterol’. There can also be a decrease in HDL, or ‘good cholesterol’. Other blood fats such as triglycerides can also increase”.3
Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes
Is there an association between prediabetes and type 2 diabetes and CVD?
In Know Your Numbers the American Heart Association (AHA) elaborate on:
Protect Your Heart
How can women (and men) protect their hearts?
In What Is Cardiovascular Disease? What Can You Do To Lower Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease? Know Your Numbers the World Heart Federation elaborate on:
- Know Your Blood Pressure…
- Know Your Cholesterol…
- Know Your Blood Sugar…”.5
The Power of Knowing Your Numbers
What is The Power of Knowing Your Numbers?
In Know Your Numbers the (Australian) Jean Hailes for Women’s Health elaborate on:
Regular Checkups
Even if I feel fine, should I still see my health care provider for regular checkups?
Yes. In Health Screenings for Women Ages 40 To 64: Information the (United States) MedlinePlus note:
Health Care Provider
What if I would like to know my numbers?
If you would like to know your numbers, it may be in your best interest to choose to talk to your health care provider about this.
In Heart Disease Prevention: Know Your Heart Disease Numbers the [United States] Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health, encourage us to:
“Ask your doctor to check your blood pressure, cholesterol (total, HDL, LDL, and triglycerides) and blood sugar levels. Under the Affordable Care Act, most insurance plans must cover these tests at no cost to you. These tests will give you important information about your heart health. Your doctor can tell you what your numbers mean and what you need to do to protect your heart”.8
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- Cardiovascular Diseases
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- Cholesterol
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- Diabetes
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- Family History and Heart Disease, Stroke
- Goredforwomen.org [Go Red for Women, United States]
- Health Screenings for Women Ages 40 To 64
- Health Screenings for Women Over Age 65
- Heart Disease Prevention: Know Your Heart Disease Numbers
- Heart Disease and Stroke
- Heart-Health Screenings
- High Blood Pressure
- How To Get Your Cholesterol Tested
- How To Prevent Heart Disease After Menopause
- Know Your Numbers
- Know Your Numbers
- Know Your Numbers They Could Just Save Your Life
- Know Your Risk
- Knowing Your Numbers Helps Heart Health
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- What Is Cardiovascular Disease? [+ Video]
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- Health After Menopause: Cardiovascular Disease. Topic Updated: 25 March 2021 | Last Reviewed: 17 December 2017. Jean Hailes for Women’s Health https://jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/menopause/health-after-menopause Accessed: 21 March 2022
- Know Your Numbers They Could Just Save Your Life. Go Red for Women https://www.goredforwomen.org/en/know-your-risk/know-your-numbers Accessed: 21 March 2022
- Health After Menopause: Cardiovascular Disease. Topic Updated: 25 March 2021 | Last Reviewed: 17 December 2017. Jean Hailes for Women’s Health https://jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/menopause/health-after-menopause Accessed: 21 March 2022
- Know Your Numbers. Last Reviewed: 06 May 2021. American Heart Association https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/diabetes/prevention–treatment-of-diabetes/know-your-health-numbers Accessed: 21 March 2022
- What Is Cardiovascular Disease? What Can You Do To Lower Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease? Know Your Numbers. World Heart Federation https://world-heart-federation.org/what-is-cvd/ Accessed: 21 March 2022
- Know Your Numbers. Last Updated: 15 January 2020 | Last Reviewed 11 October 2018. Jean Hailes for Women’s Health https://jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/health-checks/know-your-numbers Accessed: 21 March 2022
- Health Screenings for Women Ages 40 To 64: Information. Review Date: 19 April 2020. Page Last Updated: 18 February 2022. MedlinePlus https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007467.htm Accessed: 21 March 2022
- Heart Disease Prevention: Know Your Heart Disease Numbers. Page Last Updated: 01 March 2019. Office on Women’s Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Womenshealth.gov https://www.womenshealth.gov/heart-disease-and-stroke/heart-disease/heart-disease-prevention Accessed: 21 March 2022