Pearson Edexcel IAL Biology 1.12 Cardiovascular disease risk factors

Practise classifying CVD risk factors and explaining how blood pressure, smoking and lifestyle data affect cardiovascular risk.

Exam points

classify risk factors as lifestyle or non-lifestyle using tables, diagrams or calculators
explain how high blood pressure or smoking damages endothelium and raises CVD risk

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Several factors increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

The diagram shows some factors that increase the risk of CVD.

Complete the diagram with one lifestyle risk factor and one non-lifestyle risk factor.

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