KNS 350 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the leading cause of death in the US? - Answers -coronary heart disease
Are CHD mortality rates increasing or decreasing? - Answers -decreasing
What percentage of people with be diagnosed with CHD? - Answers -50%
Average age for a heart attack - Answers -women: 70 men: 65
Non-modifiable risk factors for CHD - Answers -family history, age and sex
Modifiable risk factors for CHD - Answers -smoking, drinking in excess, stress, diet,
physical inactivity
Definition of atherosclerosis - Answers -narrowing or obstruction of arteries
What is the main factor that causes plaque to form - Answers -LDL
Plaque leads to what diseases? - Answers -angina, claudication, thrombosis, heart
attack, stroke
Active jobs decreased fatal CHD events by what %? - Answers -33-75%
The Harvard Alumni study found that how many kcals decrease CHD risk? - Answers -
2000kcal/week
Definition of stroke - Answers -injury or death to brain cells when there is an insufficient
blood supply
What % of stroke are ischemic? - Answers -85%
What % of stroke are hemorrhagic? - Answers -15%
What is an ischemic stroke? - Answers -thrombosis or embolus
What is a hemorrhagic stroke? - Answers -bleeding in the brain
8/10 morality rate
Stroke is the _____ leading cause of death - Answers -4th
Who is more likely to have a stroke? - Answers -women, blacks, hispanics, american
indians, alaskans
What is the leading cause of death in the US? - Answers -coronary heart disease
Are CHD mortality rates increasing or decreasing? - Answers -decreasing
What percentage of people with be diagnosed with CHD? - Answers -50%
Average age for a heart attack - Answers -women: 70 men: 65
Non-modifiable risk factors for CHD - Answers -family history, age and sex
Modifiable risk factors for CHD - Answers -smoking, drinking in excess, stress, diet,
physical inactivity
Definition of atherosclerosis - Answers -narrowing or obstruction of arteries
What is the main factor that causes plaque to form - Answers -LDL
Plaque leads to what diseases? - Answers -angina, claudication, thrombosis, heart
attack, stroke
Active jobs decreased fatal CHD events by what %? - Answers -33-75%
The Harvard Alumni study found that how many kcals decrease CHD risk? - Answers -
2000kcal/week
Definition of stroke - Answers -injury or death to brain cells when there is an insufficient
blood supply
What % of stroke are ischemic? - Answers -85%
What % of stroke are hemorrhagic? - Answers -15%
What is an ischemic stroke? - Answers -thrombosis or embolus
What is a hemorrhagic stroke? - Answers -bleeding in the brain
8/10 morality rate
Stroke is the _____ leading cause of death - Answers -4th
Who is more likely to have a stroke? - Answers -women, blacks, hispanics, american
indians, alaskans
