What are the independent risk factors associated with acute coronary syndrome in young women?
Diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia are the strongest independent risk factors for acute coronary syndrome in young women, highlighting key targets for early preventive interventions.
The independent risk factors which are strongly related to ACS in young women were diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia with odd ratios of 6.21, 5.32, and 4.07. Other risk factors which may be associated with an increased risk of ACS in young women were heavy alcohol consumption, oral contraceptive use, and postmenopausal state. Health promotion and effective intervention on this specific population regarding these risk factors can decrease young female cardiovascular morbidity and mortality as well as improved quality of life of women.
Siagian et al. (Fri,) studied this question.