RISK FACTORS FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Age Gender (male/female disparity narrows with age) Hypertension Diabetes mellitus Left ventricular hypertrophy on ECG Hyperlipidemia Smoking Elevated homocysteine Obesity Metabolic syndrome (central obesity, blood pressure ≥130/85, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia (increased triglycerides, decreased HDL) 10. Sedentary lifestyle 11. Lipoprotein abnormalities with normal total cholesterol (small dense LDL, increased lipoprotein (a),increased postprandial VLDL and IDL) Note: ECG, Electrocardiogram; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; IDL, intermediatedensity lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; VLDL, very-low-density lipoprotein.