What types of risk factors contribute to coronary heart disease?

• A. Acute & Chronic
• B. Primary & Secondary
• C. Genetic & Environmental
• D. Modifiable & Non-modifiable

Answer: (B)

Risk factors for coronary heart disease are described using two kinds: primary risk factors, which are the main, direct contributors to the disease, and secondary risk factors, which raise risk by influencing those direct causes or by being linked with related health problems. This framing helps you focus on the direct drivers of CHD and also recognize additional conditions that amplify risk. The other pairings describe time course (acute vs chronic), origin (genetic vs environmental), or changeability (modifiable vs non-modifiable) rather than the type of influence on disease risk, so they don’t capture how these factors are typically categorized for CHD as effectively. For example, direct drivers like high blood pressure or high LDL cholesterol are primary factors, while factors like obesity or physical inactivity can amplify those primary risks and act as secondary factors.