#1 Biggest risk factor for heart attack is Type II diabetes. Hazard ratio of 10.7. Diabetes is the largest risk factor for having a heart attack.
#2 biggest risk is metabolic syndrome: high triglycerides, high blood pressure, a large waist circumference, and a couple of other things.
Biochemical markers, or lab results, and we can say yes that has a hazard ratio that we can calculate. Number one if you've got type 2 diabetes that's where you need to focus at all of your effort all of your money all of your will power. You need to do whatever you can to reverse your type 2 diabetes back to normal