There are two types of risk factors for CVD: non-modifiable and modifiable: The non-modifiable risk factors include genetic factors, ethnicity, gender, and age. The modifiable risk factors include body weight, blood pressure, lipid and lipoprotein levels, and smoking status.Risk Factors: Old age; Obesity; Tobacco smoking. Hypertension alone is a poor predictor of the individual risk of cardiovascular disease. Hereditary factors of which hypertension is merely a marker may explain why some hypertensive individuals appear more susceptible to cardiovascular disease, and why some ethnicities have more often seemingly hypertension‐related cardiovascular disease than others. We hypothesize that, in hypertensive individuals, a positive family history of cardiovascular disease identifies a high‐risk subpopulation. Cardiovascular disease is considered to be the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Atherosclerosis is regarded as the pathological process underlying cardiovascular disease and clinically manifested as coronary disease, stroke or peripheral arterial disease.