1. | Advanced age |
2. | Male gender |
3. | Post-menopausal state |
4. | Cigarette smoking |
5. | Hypertension |
6. | Insulin resistance / diabetes mellitus |
7. | Intra-abdominal obesity |
8. | Dyslipdemia including: low level of high-density lipoprotein, high triglyceride levels and small dense low-density lipoprotein |