ABSTRACT

Coronary heart disease was a condition in which a waxy substance called plaque forms on the inner wall of the coronary artery. This artery supplied oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. This study aimed to analyze the risk factors of coronary heart disease occurrence at Bahteramas General Hospital Southeast Sulawesi Province.

This study used an observational analytical method with cross sectional design and was conducted at Bahteramas General Hospital of Southeast Sulawesi Province in May 2018. The number of samples used were 77 people according to inclusion and exclusion criteria selected by Consecutive Sampling method. The results were performed by Chi-Square statistical test data.

The result of bivariate analysis showed that risk factor of smoking habit, physical activity, and behavioral pattern of type A were the risk factors of coronary heart disease in general hospital of Bahteramas South East Sulawesi Province with value for smoking p = .034 (