Surely more than 99.6% of people “inhaled air” before a heart attack too.
I’m sure there must be more to it but the way this is reported doesn’t make sense at all.
Would have been useful to mention what % of people had one or more of these “red flags” and didn’t have a heart attack.
theothertimcook•4mo ago
westurner•4mo ago
> - Blood pressure ≥120/80 mm Hg or on treatment
> - Total cholesterol ≥200 mg/dL or on treatment
> - Fasting glucose ≥100 mg/dL, diagnosis of diabetes or on treatment
> - Past or current tobacco use
ScholarlyArticle: "Very High Prevalence of Nonoptimally Controlled Traditional Risk Factors at the Onset of Cardiovascular Disease" (2025) https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.07.014