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Abstract
Patients with ACS include those whose clinical presentations cover
the following range of diagnoses: unstable angina, non–ST-elevation
myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and ST-elevation myocardial infarction
(STEMI). This ACS spectrum concept is a useful framework for
developing therapeutic strategies.
Some risk factors—such as age; cigarette smoking; high blood
pressure; elevated levels of LDL cholesterol; low levels of HDL
cholesterol; family history of premature CHD; and high fasting plasma
glucose levels are epidemiologically strongly associated with CHD, even
though the precise mechanism by which they promote atherosclerosis and
predispose a person to CHD is not fully understood.
The present study involves screening of the pattern of these risk
factors and its difference among age groups from which we found that:
Male gender as a risk factor was more prominent in younger
age groups and decreased with age.
Family history of either premature coronary artery disease or
sudden cardiac death had the highest prevalence among the
youngest age group and decreased with age.
Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and obesity was of higher
prevalence among the age groups2 & 3 and it was lower in the
youngest and oldest age groups.
Current cigarette smoking was more prevalent in the youngest
age groups and decreased in older age groups.
group 1 had fewer risk factors as they represented the lowest
incidence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity.