There are several risk factors that increase your chance of having a heart attack . Some can be changed while others are built-in such as age, sex and family history of heart disease.
Males are at higher risk for heart attack than females.
The older you get, the more susceptible you are to having a heart attack. If heart disease runs in your family, particularly among your father, mother, brother or sister, your chances of having a heart attack are also increased. This makes reducing the factors that can be changed even more important. These include cigarette smoking , high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol . Smoking directly boosts your risk of having a heart attack.