摘要："Background: Coronary artery dis-ease (CAD) is the leading cause of death and the main cause of mortal-ity and morbidity in the world. CAD is a serious health problem in young adults, as it occurs in young-er age, which is a productive age group. Objectives: To determine the pre-disposing factors for myocardial in-farction among young adults in a tertiary health care centre of Hub-balli, Karnataka Methods: A facility-based case con-trol study was conducted among patients aged 23kg/m2, family history of di-abetes, high perceived stress, type A personality, smoking, hypertension, parental consanguinity, family his-tory of IHD and inadequate dietary fibre intake. Conclusion: The study concluded that, both modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors play an im-portant role in premature myocar-dial infarction. Addressing the modifiable risk factors can signifi-cantly reduce premature myocardi-al infarction.".
关键词：Premature Myocardial Infarction; Type A personality; perceived stress; Case control study; dietary fibre
