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A total of 171 patients were included. Of these, 117(68.4%)were males with mean age of 54.63±8.32 years. Of them urban population was 88(51.5%).Out of 171 patients, 24(14%) were unable to answer any question, 20.5 % said fatty food, 6.5% smoking and 12.8 % lack of exercise, while obesity, cholesterol ,high blood pressure, depression and diabetes was considered as risk factor by 17.6%,5.8%,2.3%,17%,and 3.5% of the patients respectively. According to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Knowledge Level (CARRF-KL) 18.1% had poor, (57.9 %) fair, (18.7 %) good and 5.3 % had excellent knowledge about risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. About 70.2% considered chest pain as warning sign of cardiovascular disease.