We enrolled 578 patients who underwent coronary angiography at Fukuoka Saiseikai Hospital, and divided them into a younger adult group (YG) (<50 years, n = 47) and a middle-aged older group (OG) (鈮?0 years, n = 531). In a multivariate analysis, lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and the ratio of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to arachidonic acid (AA) (EPA/AA), and less aspirin, oral hypoglycemic agent, and calcium channel blocker (CCB) use were independent risk factors for ACS in all patients. In YG, lower levels of EPA/AA and less angiotensin II receptor blocker/angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use were the independent risk factors. In OG, smoking, lower levels of EPA/AA, less aspirin and CCB use were the risk factors. While lower levels of EPA/AA was the only risk factor for ACS that was common to all patients, YG and OG, docosahexaenoic acid/AA was not associated with ACS in YG and OG.
Lower level of EPA/AA is a common critical risk factor for ACS in middle-aged older patients as well as younger adult patients. Some of the risk factors for the onset of ACS in younger patients were different from those in older patients.