Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the frequency ofconventional risk factors among patients with established coronary arterydisease (CAD).Methodology: This observational descriptive study was conducted at outpatientdepartment(OPD) of Agency Head Quarter hospital(AHQ), Landikotal, FATA from1st June 2012 to 31th October 2012. Patients of both genders who were above18 years with established CAD were enrolled in study. Patients detail historyregarding conventional risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, smoking,history of daily activities, use of fat in diet during a week time, family history ofpremature CAD and past history of myocardial infarction, PCI or CABG wererecorded. Detailed clinical examination was carried out, including bloodpressure, weight and height measured and body mass index (BMI) wascalculated. Relevant investigations such as fasting or random blood glucose andserum cholesterol were performed. All investigations were performed in hospitallaboratory on Microlab-3 machine to control bias in the study. Data was enteredand analyzed using SPSS version16. Qualitative variables were presented inpercentages. Quantitative variables presented in mean ± standard variations.Results: Total CAD patients were 926. Males were 559. Hypertension was thecommonest risk factor and was present in 61.1%, followed by use of heavy fatdiet in 45.4% and sedentary life style in 43%. Diabetes was present in 29.9%. Fiftypercent patients were having more than three risk factors.Conclusion: Population of Tribal area (FATA) of Pakistan has got high frequency ofconventional risk factors among which hypertension is the leading risk factor