What are risk factors of atherosclerosis?

➢Atherosclerosis is common in developed countries, rarer in countries in Asia, Africa, or Latin America. ➢The risk is higher in men than in women during periods of estrogenic activity; A family predisposition exists, sometimes genetic (hypercholesterolemia) but mostly linked to eating habits. ➢Hyperlipidemia, high blood pressure, smoking, and vascular lesions (senescence, diabetes) are the main risk factors.