El Niño's hot weather makes Filipinos more vulnerable to heart attacks, strokeRecent data from the Philippine Statistics Authority placed coronary heart diseases as the top cause of death last year despite the coronavirus pandemic. Recent data from the Philippine Statistics Authority placed coronary heart diseases as the top cause of death last year despite the coronavirus pandemic. Risk factors and precautionsThe leading risk factors to develop heart diseases are high blood pressure, high low density lipoprotein (bad cholesterol), diabetes, smoking, obesity and physical inactivity. "What's more, though heart diseases are more common in the elderly but we see a rising trend of relatively young individuals afflicted with heart problems. Stay heart-healthyDr. Antonio said Filipinos with coronary heart disease should be aware of the ill effects on their body of this weather pattern.
