Table 5. Response to the question: ‘Do the following risk factors apply to HF?’ by age group and positive answers.

	Young (< 40 years),	Middle aged (40-65	Elderly ( > 65 years),
Risk factors	%	years), %	%	p-value
Arterial hypertension	91	91	85	0.30
Thyroid diseases	41	43	30	0.70
Diabetes	70	58	70	0.32
Nicotine addiction	84	87	89	0.90
Obesity	90	88	81	0.18
Stress	90	87	78	0.07
Excessive physical activity	31	24	15	0.04*
Female gender	11	4	7	0.03*
Hypercholesterolaemia	65	58	48	0.06
Renal diseases	39	32	26	0.01*
Alcohol abuse	80	75	70	0.11
Lack of physical activity	88	84	78	0.16
Neoplasm/tumour	49	34	52	0.08

*Statistical significance with p < 0.05.