Abstract

Introduction: Coronary Artery Diseases (CAD) have been estimated to be the leading cause of mortalities in developing countries in the year 2010. It is evident from previous studies that healthy life style choices can help in the reduction of CAD risk factors. They are either modifiable risk factors including hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and psychological stress or non-modifiable risk factors such as age, gender, family history and ethnicity. Non modifiable risk factors, however, are not studied in detail regarding their association with CAD. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess non-modifiable risk factors associated with CAD in patients and to devise strategies to deal with these risk factors to reduce the incidence of CAD among local population. Methodology: Retrospective observational study was conducted at Peshawar Institute of Cardiology (PIC). Data was extracted from Electronic Medical Records (EMR) of 98 patients including non-modifiable risk factors associated with CAD i.e., gender, age and family history. Results: The analysis performed indicated that in patients with CAD, non-modifiable risk factors such as age and gender play a significant role (p

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