Coronary Vascular disease IN Malaysia

Coronary Vascular Disease (CVD)

In this recent year, the statistics of causes of death due to Coronary Vascular Disease has become higher and higher. But why the mortality rate increased? Is Malaysia Government doesn't work on it? Or else is because of Malaysia's people's food culture or maybe stressful of life?  From the research, we have concluded a list of risk factors that likely to cause CVD among Malaysia's people.

Risk factors of CVD can be classified into modifiable and unmodifiable risk factors.

Modifiable Risk Factors 

Hypertension: Uncontrolled high blood pressure can result in hardening and thickening of your arteries, narrowing the vessels through which blood flows.

High blood cholesterol levels: High levels of cholesterol in your blood can increase the risk of formation of plaques and atherosclerosis.

Diabetes: Diabetes increases your risk of heart disease. Both conditions share similar risk factors, such as obesity and high blood pressure.

Obesity:  Excess weight and fat that may form a blockage in blood vessels. To stop the normal blood flow. The main reason is the lack of physical activity. 

Smoking: Nicotine constricts your blood vessels, and carbon monoxide can damage their inner lining, making them more susceptible to atherosclerosis. Heart attacks are more common in smokers than in nonsmokers. 

Alcohol: Excess taking of alcohol may cause liver cirrhosis and affect the blood flow system.

Non-Modifiable Risk Factors

Age: Aging increases your risk of damaged and narrowed arteries and weakened or thickened heart muscle.

Sex: Men are generally at greater risk of heart disease. However, women's risk increases after menopause.

Family history: A family history of heart disease increases your risk of coronary artery disease, especially if a parent developed it at an early age (before age 55 for a male relative, such as your brother or father, and 65 for a female relative, such as your mother or sister).

Ethnicity: South Asians (Indians) have a higher prevalence of CHD and CV mortality compared with Europeans.63 East Asians (Chinese and Japanese) exhibit consistently higher rates of stroke. 

Lastly, the government had actually worked on it to reduce the death caused by CVD. They tried to raise awareness of people towards CVDs and promote idea of healthy actively in several ways.