Q. Will Sedantary Lifestyle increased risk for CAD?

A sedantary life style is associated with increased risk for CAD. Sedentary persons have almost double the risk for CAD death of active persons.

A sedentary lifestyle is associated with obesity, hypertension, NIDDM, and hypercholesterolemia, which point to the need for changes in exercise patterns.

The American Heart Association recommends that every US adult accumulate 30 minutes or more moderate-intensity physical activity on most days of the week.

Reviews on the effects of CAD rehabilitation on morbidity and mortality demonstrated reductions in all cause mortality of 20 per cent to 24 per cent and in CAD mortality 23 to 25 per cent.

Among patients with premature atherosclerosis the predictive value of these traditional cardiovascular risk factors is limited. Many patients with few traditional risk factors experience life threatening acute coronoary syndromes without prior symptoms of disease. Several potential risk factors have been identified that may enhance risk of CAD. These are levels of C-reactive proteins (CRP), lipoprotein LP (a), High Homocysteine, fibrinigen and possibly polymorphism of genes in the thrombospondin family.