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This chart lists screenings, tests, or exams you might need more often or earlier because of having high-risk factors or things in your life that increase your chances of developing a condition or disease.

if it applies	Do you have or have you had?	Then ask your doctor or nurse if you need the following screenings, tests, exams, or vaccines more often or at a younger age:
	High blood pressure	Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glucose test72,73
	High cholesterol	Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glocose test74,75
	Heart disease	Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glucose test, influenza vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine76-80
	Diabetes	Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glucose test, vision exam, urine test81-84
	Gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy)	Blood glucose test85
	A baby weighing more than 9 lbs.	Blood glucose test86
	Breast cancer	Mammogram, ovarian cancer tests87,88
	Dense breast	Digital mammogram, clinical breast exam89,90
	Cervical, uterine, endometrial, vaginal cancer	Pap test, pelvic exam, ovarian cancer tests, colon screening91-97
	Ovarian cancer	Pelvic exam, ovarian cancer tests, mammogram, colon screening98-100
	Previous abnormal Pap tests	Pap test, pelvic exam, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine101,102
	Early menopause (natural or surgically induced); absent or infrequent menstrual periods; advanced age; a personal history of bone fracture in adulthood; lifelong low calcium intake; lifelong inactive lifestyle or little physical activity; low body weight (fewer than 154 lbs.), or a history of an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa	Bone mineral density test103-108
	An autoimmune disease (including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis)	Thyroid test, TB test, influenza shot, MMR vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, autoimmune screening test, bone mineral density test109-117