Table 2.

Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in acute coronary syndrome patients by age categories

	Age categories				P-value
	<45 (n = 42)	45–54 (n = 125)	55–74 (n = 282)	≥75 (n = 74)
Hypertension (%)	71.4	80.0	84.4	86.5	0.130
Gender (male %)	88.1	88.0	69.5	51.4	<0.0001
Dyslipidaemia (%)	85.7	79.2	83.3	67.1	0.015
Diabetes (%)	9.5	7.2	13.8	13.5	0.255
Smoking (%)	92.5	76.7	53.1	36.9	<0.0001
Family history (%)	45.2	46.7	40.8	37.9	0.639
Overweight or obesity (%)	83.3	89.6	74.1	74.3	0.003
Four risk factors (%)a	51.2	36.4	26.9	11.3	<0.0001
Three risk factors (%)b	57.5	41.3	35.3	18.6	<0.0001

^aSmoking, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and overweight or obesity.

^bSmoking, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia.