A nurse is reviewing a male client's family history for the presence of cardiovascular disease. Which question is most important?
1. "Was it your mother or your father who had a myocardial infarction?"
2. "Did the person with cardiovascular disease smoke?"
3. "How old was your parent when the myocardial infarction occurred?"
4. "Did your parent survive the heart attack?"
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Rationale 1: The gender of the person with CVD is not the most important factor.
Rationale 2: Smoking habits are not a genetic determinant.
Rationale 3: Early MI in either parent increases the risk of MI in men.
Rationale 4: Survival after a heart attack is not important from the genetic perspective.
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