What's responsible for OVER 90% of All Heart Attacks?

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What's responsible for OVER 90% of All Heart Attacks?

Collectively, these ⬇️ NINE Risk Factors account for 94% of Heart Attacks in Women and 90% of Heart Attacks in Men.

1. Abnormal lipids 2. Smoking 3. Hypertension 4. Abdominal obesity 5. Not enough of fruits and vegetables in daily diet 6. Alcohol in excess 7. Psychosocial factors 8. Diabetes 9. Lack of regular physical activity

According to this research, called INTERHEART study, which was published in Lancet in 2004.

It was a large study, which included over 15k participants and over 14k controls from 52 countries on all inhabited continents.

The authors concluded: '...our study has shown that nine easily measured risk factors are associated with more than 90% of the risk of an acute myocardial infarction in this large global case-controo study. .. modification of currently known risk factors has the potential to prevent most premature cases of myocardial infarction worldwide.'

Link to the article below:

https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(04)17018-9/abstract

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Dr Bart Olechowski sees private patients in Winchester, Basingstoke, Farnham and London. As a local heart specialist, he offers a range of heart tests, which include Echocardiograms, ECGs, Holter monitors and blood tests to check cholesterol levels.

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Dr Bart Olechowski is an experienced Consultant Cardiologist in Hampshire, UK.

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