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The risk of heart attacks among youth in Pakistan has increased.

 


The risk of heart attacks among youth in Pakistan has increased.


Heart diseases, including heart attacks, have started to rise to dangerous levels among the youth in Pakistan, with 70 percent of young people suffering from obesity and poor cholesterol levels. According to the report, cardiologist Professor Bashir Hanif stated that the risk of heart attacks among youth has increased due to obesity and cholesterol, and the process of fat accumulation in the arteries has begun at an early age for most individuals, leading to premature heart attacks. He mentioned that approximately 1.5 billion rupees (5 million US dollars) are being spent on a 10-year research study related to heart diseases in collaboration with Gates Pharma.

The report states that 80 percent of women and 70 percent of men are affected by obesity, over 70 percent of individuals have dangerously high bad cholesterol levels, and more than half have unusually low good cholesterol levels. This rate has never been seen in any youth population worldwide before. According to the research report, some young people's arteries have started to narrow as early as the age of 20, and heart attacks are becoming a common occurrence among individuals in their 30s and 40s. Dr. Bashir Hanif mentioned that we are seeing cases where even 19 or 20-year-old young people are having heart attacks.

This research involves over 2,000 men and women from across the country, aged between 35 and 65 years, who are undergoing complete medical screening, blood tests, genetic testing, and CT angiography of the arteries, with 42 percent of individuals having high blood pressure and 23 percent having diabetes. According to Dr. Bashir Hanif, this research is not limited to traditional factors such as smoking or poor diet; there is an urgent need to develop a new cardiovascular risk score in Pakistan, as existing models from Western countries are designed for individuals over 60 years old, while people in Pakistan are suffering from heart diseases even before the age of 40.

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