How To Calculate Your Heart’s Age, CDC Reveals

About 69 million Americans are not as young at heart as they believe they are, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.

Using a simple calculator that measures age, blood pressure and BMI, the CDC found that more than 40% of Americans had hearts that were five or more years older than their actual ages.

CDC Director Tom Frieden said that the heart risk calculator was simple way to reveal a person’s risk of heart attack or stroke.

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