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Bruce[_28_]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 17:46:02 -0000, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>>
>> On 2019-03-07 2:55 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> > On 3/7/2019 1:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> >> My cholesterol level was fine 8 years ago, but it turned out that I
>> >> had an almost complete blockage in my left main coronary artery.
>> >> Just saying...
>> >
>> > Yes, we all know about your heart problems.* If I'm going to have a
>> > heart attack it probably won't be because I eat the occasional steak.
>>
>>
>> It is not about my heart problem. It's about the fact that my
>> cholesterol level was fine.
>
> It's hardly the only factor in risk of heart disease, is it?
>
>
> It was well within the accepted level. My
>> brother's level was also fine when he had a heart attack. We both
>> thought that he had nothing to worry about because our cholesterol
>> levels were fine.
>
> What about any other risk factors in your lives, such as stress,
>being overweight, having hypertension, high BMI, lack of excercise,
>smoking, drinking ?

You're mixing primary causes and secondary causes.