AGE AND GENDER WISE DISTRIBUTIONOF RISK FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS WITHCORONORY ARTERY DISEASE.

OBJECTIVE: To describe conventional risk factors by age and gender in coronary artery diseasepatients.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted in outdoor patient department of agencyheadquarter hospital (AHQ) Landikotal, Khyber agency, from June to October 2013. It was a hospitalbased descriptive observational study. Sample size was 926 patients with established coronary arterydisease, recruited through purposive convenient sampling technique. Adult patients (above 18 years) ofboth genders with coronary artery disease were included in the study. Every patient was evaluated forthe presence of conventional risk factors. Card vascular risk factors were assessed by a self-administeredquestionnaire and various laboratory tests.RESULTS: Total patients were 926, male were 546(59%). Mean age was 58.28±12.005 years (20-95years). Study population was divided into younger (age 40 years).Younger patients were 66(7.1%) and older age 866(92.9%). Hypertension was present in 563 patients(61.1%) with 59.2%and 63.2% in male and female, respectively (p=0.186). Diabetes was present in29.9% with 27.8% in male and 32.9% in female patients (p=0.098).Hypertension was significantly morecommon in older patients while smoking and heavy fat intake was significantly more common inyounger patients. Other risk factors for CAD were similar across younger and older age groups.CONCLUSION: Conventional risk factor in male and female differ widely with smoking, ex-smoker,heavy fat intake and obesity is significantly more common in male patients, while family history forCAD is common in female patients. Diabetes is higher in 40 years or above patients while smoking ishigher in patients less than 40 years.KEY WORDS: Conventional Risk Factor, Coronary Artery Disease, Age, Gender