Depends: Cardiovascular risk factors are dependent on family history, smoking, cholesterol, hypertension, and diabetes/obesity. So if you have any of these risk factors then your risk is higher, the color of your skin is not as critical in determining risk compared to these risks above.
Answered 7/20/2012
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No: Vascular disease has several risk factors such as diet smoking high blood pressure family inheritance patterns diabetes elevated cholesterol and triglycerides high uric acid levels.
Answered 9/12/2012
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