Heart Health this Heart Month and Beyond - Risk Factors and Prevalence for Cardiovascular Disease

Heart Month is near and dear to Higi’s heart! We’re a platform well known for providing consumers with personal health information and body measurement data, like blood pressure, that helps them – and those who care for them – better understand risk factors associated with their heart health. This heart month, we’re taking a look at the risk factors linked to cardiovascular disease, how we collect them through the Higi network and leverage the power of our platform to match consumers with the care they need.

Other factors, like diet, lack of physical activity and high alcohol consumption can also play a contributing role. This type of lifestyle data is easily collected through Higi’s platform.  

Although risk factors are well studied, and many are controllable, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the US, as well as the costliest chronic disease (heart.org).