What is your risk for heart disease?
The best way to determine this is by factoring in all our health choices, your current health status, your past health history, and your family history. That can be complicated, but there are some tools to help you and many of them are available online.
If you are between 40 and 70 years old and looking at whether you should start statin medications, the calculator currently included in the national guidelines should be used. If you are outside of those ages, there is a lifetime risk one to consider within the calculator:
Try the ASCVD Risk Calculator if you are 40 to 70 years old.