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title: What factors impact my risk for coronary artery disease (CAD)?
description: Your risk for coronary artery disease (CAD)  is affected by many things, like your genes, your lifestyle (such as what you eat and how much you exercise), health problems like high blood pressure or diabetes, and whether people in your family have also had CAD.
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# What factors impact my risk for coronary artery disease (CAD)?

## Your risk for coronary artery disease (CAD)  is affected by many things, like your genes, your lifestyle (such as what you eat and how much you exercise), health problems like high blood pressure or diabetes, and whether people in your family have also had CAD.

Your risk for coronary artery disease (CAD)  is affected by many things, like your genes, your lifestyle (such as what you eat and how much you exercise), health problems like high blood pressure or diabetes, and whether people in your family have also had CAD. The CAD iPRS is a test that looks at many small changes in your DNA to help understand your genetic risk for CAD. It shows if you might have a higher chance of getting this condition based on your genetics.

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