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There are many factors that affect a person’s risk of having heart disease but can not be modified.These include:

Age and heart disease
Heart disease usually occurs in men over 40 years and in women after menopause. Most people who die of heart attacks are more than 65 years of age.

Sex and heart disease
Men have a higher risk of heart attack than women, and men usually have heart attacks at an early age. However, coronary heart disease are not just a male disease. Is the leading cause of death among women and men in the United States. Read the rest of this entry »