While caring for a patient admitted with chest pain, the nurse recognizes that what factor places the patient at the highest risk for heart disease?
1. overweight and carries the weight around the waist
2. mother died at age 70 of an acute myocardial infarction
3. a single mother of four young children with a low income
4. has a desk job and works long hours
Correct Answer: 1
Central obesity, or intra-abdominal fat, is associated with an increased risk for CHD. If the patient's mother had died before age 55, that would be a risk factor. Being a single mother is not a specific risk factor for the development of CAD. Sedentary life style is a risk factor, but not as significant as fat accumulation in the upper body.
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