A large study of nine million participants found that 99% of cardiac events occurred in patients with at least one modifiable risk factor: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, tobacco use, or high blood sugar. The study, published in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology, emphasizes the importance of managing these factors through lifestyle changes and medical interventions. High blood pressure and cholesterol were the most common, while smoking was the most damaging. These findings highlight the need for regular monitoring and proactive management to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure.
The Takeaway: Large new data show almost all (99%) cardiac events occur in patients with modifiable risk factors, refuting suggestions of risk-free coronary disease.
Comment: This study affirms the fact that these risk factors are entirely under our control, IF (big if) we possess enough of a self-regard quotient to take proper care of ourselves. That quotient is often near zero for a lot of patients. On another issue, this study does not include, as it should, stress and general anxiety in all their forms and permutations as causative factors. The risk issues above have, on closer examination, the general stress response as the common denominator. General medicine offers no treatment or invention strategies to patients.
Cited from Family Medicine literature.