Mixed
Lifestyle factors (smoking, lipids, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, diet, inactivity, alcohol, psychosocial factors) account for over 90% of the risk for acute myocardial infarction and stroke.
Your risk of heart attack or stroke is overwhelmingly determined by your lifestyle, not your genes. Nine key factors—smoking, blood lipids, blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, diet, physical inactivity, alcohol, and psychosocial stress—account for over 90% of this risk. Addressing these factors can drastically reduce your likelihood of these events.
Nine risk factors accounted for more than 90% attributable risk of acute myocardial infarction in men and 94% in women. Those 10 lifestyle-related risk factors were associated with 90% of the risk of stroke in men and women of all ages.
Why this rating
Based on large-scale international case-control studies (INTERHEART, INTERSTROKE) involving thousands of patients across multiple countries.
Source
Lifestyle medicine
Robert F. Kushner et al. · Current Opinion in Endocrinology Diabetes and Obesity · 2013
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