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1. Being a smoker puts you at an increase by almost 4 times compared to non smokers for peripheral artery disease.

2. Having a family history of stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and Heart disease put you at higher risk for peripheral artery disease.

3. Those that are considered obese (25 or more Body Mass Index-BMI) are more prone to developing heart disease.

4. Having Diabetes mellitus puts you at risk for developing peripheral artery disease.

5. Lack of physical activity

6. Being 65 and over in addition with number 1,2, 3, 4, and/or 5 above.

A wise thing is to consider ways to detect stroke risk such as preventive screening.

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