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(6,110 posts)There are other factors such as genes, diet, stress levels in life, etc.
In my own case genes were of no help since so many male relatives died of heart disease.
And diet was no help since I am a gluttonous fan of Chicago style pan pizza & Indian cuisine lamb.
Stress levels were no help either due to my job as corporate manager of computer aided engineering and manufacturing, and 70 mile round trip commute in Chicago traffic. Add to that 175 lbs on a 5'-8" frame, not exactly athletic.
I made the wise decision to retire at age 57, and took up walking 30 miles every week on hilly terrain lugging my golf cart. It was very hard on my body at first but after 4-6 months of staying with it, my cardiac health began improving and kept on improving. I no longer belong to a golf club and now my exercise is 30 minutes on a treadmill walking 3 degrees up slope at 24 min/mile pace, and followed by 20 minutes of lifting 30 lb weights. Now at age 79, my echo cardiogram results belie my age.