Table 3.

Knowledge aspects (total n= 125)

Knowledge about Coronary heart disease	Frequency	%
Definition
I do not know	49	39.2
Heart arteries disease	37	29.6
Weak heart muscle	26	20.8
Other	13	10.4
Disease presentation
Chest pain	74	59.2
Chest pain with any effort	33	26.4
I do not know	14	11.2
Chest pains disappear at rest	4	3.2
Risk factors
Smoking	38	30.4
Nervousness and stress	8	6.4
High blood pressure	4	3.2
Increased fat intake and Overweight	4	3.2
Inactivity and sedentary life	2	1.6
Diabetes mellitus	1	0.8
All risk factors	63	50.4
I do not know	5	4.0
Fatality and seriousness	71	56.8
Early treatment and control importance	107	85.6
* Risk and disease incidence
Smoking	119	95.2
Overweight	95	76.0
Nervousness and stress	94	75.2
Inactivity and sedentary life	92	73.6
High blood pressure	84	67.2
Diabetes mellitus	73	58.4

The knowledge aspects, data of total 125 participants in the descriptive cross sectional study (people's knowledge about coronary heart disease, their attitude towards prevention and main risk reduction barriers), Ismailia, Egypt, 2010.

^*The participants could choose more than one risk factor regarding that question.