Which of the following are reversible risk factors for CVA?

• A. Smoking, Obesity, Increased Salt Intake, Sedentary Lifestyle
• B. Age, Race, Sex, Heredity
• C. Birth Control Pills, Family History
• D. Genetic Mutations

Answer: (A)

Reversible risk factors are those you can change to lower stroke risk. The set that includes smoking, obesity, increased salt intake, and a sedentary lifestyle comprises issues that people can modify through behavior and treatment. Quitting smoking reduces vascular damage and lowers stroke risk, losing weight improves blood pressure and metabolic health, reducing sodium helps control blood pressure, and becoming more physically active strengthens cardiovascular fitness and circulation. Because each item shown here can be altered, this group is the one that best represents modifiable (reversible) risk factors.

The other options mix non-modifiable factors—such as age, race, sex, and heredity—with factors that aren’t inherently changeable on their own (family history, genetic mutations). That combination makes those choices not fully reversible, which is why they aren’t the correct pick.