Gender:
Men have a higher heart rate of heart attacks as compared to the pre-menopausal women. The ratio gets balanced when women attain the menopausal age: usually, older women are prone to heart disease as compared to the men.

Genetic Pre-disposition:
Hereditary factors are involved in pre-disposing some families to this disease.The occurrence of heart attack is commonly seen in many members of the same family. But the role of common environmental factors cannot be ruled out. The heredity effects are seen among patients in the form of excessive production of cholesterol and triglycerides in the liver.

Age:
Heart attacks usually occur beyond the ages of 40 or 45 years, but it is not unusual for it to occur below the age of 40 years.Nowadays maturity of heart patients does fall under the category of young people. The occurrence is associated with a strong family history of hypertension, high blood cholesterol and diabetes, faulty lifestyle and smoking etc.