CDC Warns People Their Heart Age May Be Older Than Their Chronological Age.

“three out of four Americans have a predicted ‘heart age’ that’s older than their actual age in years,” the CDC report reveals. For instance, “a 50-year-old male smoker with an untreated systolic blood pressure of 140, without diabetes and a body mass index of 30...has a predicted heart age of 72,” while “a woman with the same risks has a heart age of 74, the study said.” Poor people and minorities, particularly African Americans, had worse heart health than whites, researchers found. Mississippi, West Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana and Alabama have the highest number of people whose heart age is advanced. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/08/31/cdc-heart-age-risk/71492158/