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You fall into this age bracket if you’re a man older than 65 or a woman older than 75.

Most new heart disease events and most heart attack deaths occur in older adults. High blood cholesterol — especially high LDL (or “bad”) cholesterol — increases the risk for heart disease in older adults.

Your chances of developing high blood pressure increase with age. Information from the long-running Framingham Heart Study shows that a 55-year-old with normal blood pressure today has a 90 percent chance of developing high blood pressure in the next 25 years.