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Risk Factors

Risk factors for mitral valve prolapse include:

• Family history of mitral valve prolapse
  
• Female gender
  
• Age 14 to 30
  
• Scoliosis
  
• Thin chest diameter
  
• Low body weight
  
• Low blood pressure
  
• Chest wall deformities
  
• Marfan syndrome
  
• Graves' disease
  
• Some types of muscular dystrophy