Associative Study of Smoking, Alcohol Consumption Frequency and Age on the Risk of Heart Disease

Abstract

Nowadays, the impact of heart disease on global human health is profound and severe. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains to be the leading cause of death worldwide. According to the latest research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, CVD continues to be the primary cause of death globally, urgently necessitating the establishment of public health strategies by countries to prevent CVDs. It is possible to create a world free of heart disease and stroke, yet millions of lives are prematurely ended by heart disease each year. The article studies on the main factors supposed to have relationship with heart disease suffering, such as aging, smoking status, alcohol intake status and family history. By using Chi-square Test/Fisher Test as well as Monte Carlo Simulation and logistic regression, the article receives expected results that smoking, alcohol intake and aging both have positive correlation with heart disease suffering with smoking owning a greater impact on heart disease. The significance of this paper is to verify the positive correlation between each factor and the risk of heart disease, and to compare the biggest influence factors on the risk of heart disease.