Risk Factors Associated with Ischemic Heart Diseases in Different Age Groups Patients Admitted to Tertiary Care Hospitals of Peshawar

Ischemic heart disease is the most common cause of death in human beings. It is well established cause of mortality and morbidity. Objectives: The main purpose of the study was to analyze different risk factors associated with ischemic heart diseases in different age group patients of both genders of a tertiary care hospital of Peshawar.

Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted on 350 patients of different age groups presented with ischemic heart disease in tertiary care hospitals in Peshawar

Results:  study contains 350 patients in which female patients are 133 (38%) and male are 217(62%). The mean age was 57.23±11.36 years. The age of the patients ranges from 22 to 80 years. About 64.3% patients were presenting with acute IHD and 35.7% were with chronic IHD. Stress, HTN, DM and sedentary lifestyle were found to be significantly associated with male gender (p- value <0.05). Age was divided into two groups, <45 years and >45 years. Stress, HTN, DM and hypercholesterolemia had a significant association with >45 years of age group (P-value <0.05). Conclusion: Stress & hypertension are more common in males while sedentary lifestyle and diabetes mellitus are in females and in age group equal to and more than 45 years.