What is an ASCVD risk score?

The ASCVD (atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease) risk estimator calculates your 10-year risk of a heart attack or stroke from factors like age, blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, and diabetes. This page is only an educational checklist — a clinician can run the validated calculation.

Why does heart risk change after menopause?

Estrogen helps keep 'good' HDL cholesterol higher and 'bad' LDL lower. As estrogen falls around menopause, LDL and blood pressure often rise, so a woman's cardiovascular risk increases — making midlife a key time to know your numbers.

Heart-Risk Check for Women — Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, and risk rises after menopause. Tick the risk factors that apply to see whether to ask a clinician for a formal cardiovascular risk assessment. Educational checklist, not a validated score or a diagnosis.

Heart-risk check for women