FREQUENCY OF RISK FACTORS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN PATIENTS ADMITTED IN AYUB TEACHING HOSPITAL

Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the leading causes of death and disabilities in the developed world and causes significant morbidity and mortality. So, keeping this in view this study is aimed to measure the frequency of different risk factors contributing to development of CHD. Methodology: Our study was a cross sectional study done at Ayub teaching hospital (ATH). Admitted patients from cardiology and CCU wards were included. Our sample size was 110. Data was collected only from those patients who had at least one cardiac event in their life. Those patients who did not show willingness or those whose language was not understandable were excluded. Results: Out of 110(62 male, 48 female)) patients in the study, 51 belonged to rural and 59 belonged to urban areas, 27.3% diabetes, 57.3% had hypertension, 19% were smokers and only 14.5% were obese. Conclusion: Our study mentions that frequency of people with sedentary life style has a greater part, 84.5% in CHD patients, hypertension on second number (57.3%), gender on third number as frequency of males is 56.4%, and frequency of people with short temper is 53.6% , positive family history contributes 45.5%, diabetes contribution is 27.3%, and smoking contributes 19% and obesity 14.5%.