There are many factors that help in forming the plaque, and these are called risk factors. These are five most important risk factors, Age, sex, blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking. You can t do anything about age and sex, but you can do a lot about the other risk factors and the many others who affect them such as diet and exercise. One who is learned about the cause of plaque, ways to prevent it, and importantly, applying those ways, it is possible that age and even sex will not be considered such an important risk factor. In general, heart attacks occur in women about ten years later than they do in men.
Women become much more susceptible to heart attacks after they go through the menopause.
Cholesterol - is an important factor in causing coronary artery disease as much of the plague that forms is from cholesterol. Among all cholesterol, the LDL cholesterol is the one who most likely to cause fatty cholesterol deposits and hence called as bad - cholesterol . As a result, it is a common factor in causing angina pectoris and heart attacks from coronary insufficiency. High Blood pressure alone increases the risk of a heart attack, but when a person also has a high total cholesterol level, the risk is greatly increased. High pressure causes the arterial wall to thicken and more deposits will occur.