Heart Health

Low risk, nothing else on record

Age 30–59 with high lifetime risk, or a major risk enhancer (e.g. premature family history, South Asian ancestry) or elevated Lp(a)? No

Recommendationrisk-lowFewer than 5 people have reached this rule so far

Lifestyle is the treatment (see the meal & movement plan)

Clinical review

All reviewers

No clinician has signed off this rule yet. It reflects our reading of the guidelines cited below, which has not been independently checked.

What someone who reaches this rule is told

Word for word, as generated for the example person below. Figures in the text are theirs.

  • Lifestyle first, medication is a shared decision

    Statin therapy is not routinely recommended at this risk level. Lifestyle is the treatment — see the meal and movement plan below.

    Your estimated 10-year PREVENT ASCVD risk is 0.6%, below the 3% threshold where the guideline recommends considering statin therapy, and you have no risk-enhancing factors on record.

    2026 ACC/AHA/Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Dyslipidemia · Lifestyle / Class I

An example person who reaches it

Low risk, nothing flagged” — an illustrative profile, not a real user.

42-year-old womanBP 118/74LDL 10010-yr PREVENT-ASCVD 0.6%

Their path through cholesterol

  1. Known ASCVD (prior heart attack, stroke, or revascularization)?No
  2. Your situation (severe hypercholesterolemia short-circuits the risk score)10-yr risk <3%
  3. Age 30–59 with high lifetime risk, or a major risk enhancer (e.g. premature family history, South Asian ancestry) or elevated Lp(a)?No ← this rule

Where it sits

Asked after: 10-year risk under 3%

Sources

Cited by the recommendations above.

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Runs in lib/engine/lipidPathway.ts as risk-low.