Know Your Numbers

Know Your Numbers

“Knowing your risk starts with knowing
four important health numbers — total cholesterol,
blood pressure, blood sugar, and body mass index”.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 It Could Just Save Your Life the (United States) Go Red for Women elaborate on:

“It is vital for all women to understand their personal risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Knowing your risk starts with knowing four important health numbers — total cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, and body mass index. Having these numbers in check and at healthy levels can reduce your risk for heart disease and stroke.

Talk to your health care provider today about your numbers, what they mean, and how you can manage them. Your heart and well-being depend on it”.2

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:

“People with prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes are more likely to have high cholesterol, high blood pressure and excess weight. They are also likely to be overweight or obese. All these factors increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and other serious health problems”.3

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:

“Knowing your numbers is an important part of keeping your heart healthy. Checking your blood pressure, cholesterol levels and blood sugar levels on a regular basis is important to help determine and control your risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

  • Know your blood pressure…
  • Know your cholesterol…
  • Know your blood sugar…”.4

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”.5

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Sources

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You may find the Sources quoted at:

Sources

  1. Know Your Numbers It Could Just Save Your Life. Go Red for Women https://www.goredforwomen.org/en/know-your-risk/know-your-numbers Accessed: 12 July 2026
  2. Know Your Numbers It Could Just Save Your Life. Go Red for Women https://www.goredforwomen.org/en/know-your-risk/know-your-numbers Accessed: 12 July 2026
  3. Know Your Numbers. Last Reviewed: 08 July 2026. American Heart Association https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/diabetes/prevention–treatment-of-diabetes/know-your-health-numbers Accessed: 12 July 2026
  4. 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: 12 July 2026
  5. Heart Disease Prevention: Know Your Heart Disease Numbers. Page Last Updated: 29 October 2025. 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: 12 July 2026
Topic Last Updated: 12 July 2026 – Topic Last Reviewed: 12 July 2026

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