Risk factors you can manage: the cause of most heart attacks
September 24, 2004
Heart researchers say nine risk factors account for nine out of ten heart attacks.
Based on a study of 30,000 people worldwide, researchers say that the cause of almost all heart attacks can be pinpointed to one or more of the following:
- Smoking
- Abnormal cholesterol
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Stress
- Abdominal obesity
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Eating too few fruits and vegetables
- Abstaining from alcohol
