Saturday, January 24, 2009

Risk Factors

Risk factors are the reasons, which lead to or aggravate the deposition of cholesterol or fat in the coronary arteries. If one desires to know the total number of risk factors responsible for the development of Coronary Heart Disease these will amount to hundreds. Williams in 1981 identified 246 risk factors that directly or indirectly lead to the development and onset of heart diseases.Risk factors can be catagories in to types.

1. Non Modifiable Risk Factors.
2. Modifiable Risk Factors.

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