Today, on World Heart Day, a look atu00a0 factors that make you susceptible tou00a0 heart disease. If you hit a century, that is no reason to smile

Practically everybody knows someone, a friend, relative, co-worker or neighbour who has battled coronary heart disease or had a heart attack. The common reaction to this is usually,u00a0 "No wonder he got a heart attack, he was very fat. One can also hear people say, he had diabetes or had hypertension or was a chain smoker". The finger is always pointing towards high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, smoking, high levels of cholesterol and a hectic lifestyle as the main causes of a heart attack.


From the heart: Actor Saif Ali Khan tries his hand at playing the
Guembri, a musical instrument in Morocco. Saif quit smoking after he
suffered a mild heart attack in 2007

However, other than these known risk factors, there are others.u00a0 Look at the chart on the extreme right of this page where risk factors are graded as per their severity.