Heart attack risk factors

I recently lost a close friend to heart attack. Kindly let me know some of the risk factors for the ailment and how to avoid them.

Henry (by SMS)

Common heart attack risk factors include life-changing ones like smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, inactivity, and unhealthy diet. Other factors include: increasing age, male s3x (before menopause), family history, and certain ethnicities.

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Managing these controllable factors, like quitting smoking, regular exercise, and controlling blood sugar/pressure, significantly lowers risk, while genetics and age play unavoidable roles.