If your healthcare provider has ever seemed preoccupied with your cholesterol levels, there may be a good reason why. While cholesterol is only one in a series of risk factors for heart disease and cardiovascular disease, it is “the one that your doctor has the most control over,” said Dr. Clint Bunker, family practice physician at Intermountain’s Cedar City Clinic. Some heart and cardiovascular disease risk factors are beyond our control, including gender (men are at greater risk), age (more