What is your heart attack risk?

Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

Researchers in India have carried out a data mining exercise to determine which are the most important risk factors in increasing the chances of an individual suffering a heart attack. They confirm that the usual suspects high blood cholesterol, intake of alcohol and passive smoking play the most crucial role in "severe," "moderate" and "mild" cardiac risks, respectively.

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