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Weight and height were measured in all participants and BMI was calculated. Knowledge scores were compared between the two groups. We examined whether sociodemographic and MI risk factors had impact on the scores. Analyses were further adjusted for lifestyle behavior (smoking status, dietary status and physical activities).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The valid response rate was 97.9% comprising 97.8% for the public (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20092199) and 98.1% for outpatients (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009515). Public respondents (35.2\u2009\u00b1\u200912.3\u00a0years) were younger than outpatients (38.5\u2009\u00b1\u200912.6\u00a0years). The public comprised 56.9% females while outpatients 54.6%.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>In general, outpatients had higher knowledge of MI symptoms than the public, with mean scores\u2009\u00b1\u2009SD of 3.49\u2009\u00b1\u20092.84 vs 2.80\u2009\u00b1\u20092.54. Outpatients also had higher knowledge score of MI risk factors than the public, with mean scores, 5.33\u2009\u00b1\u20093.22 vs 3.82\u2009\u00b1\u20093.07. For MI symptoms, outpatients were more aware than the public for chest pains among all ages, for arm pain\/ numbness, neck\/ jaw pain radiating to\/ from chest, and feeling sick or looking pallor on the skin among those aged 35\u201349\u00a0years.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>Among both the public and outpatients, lower knowledge of both MI symptoms and risk factors was associated with primary education, not residing\/working together, history of hypertension, no history of heart disease\/stroke, and obesity. There were similarities and disparities on MI knowledge among respondents with various numbers of healthy lifestyle behaviours.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Results call for urgent educational campaigns on awareness and knowledge of MI and using strategies based on age and lifestyle behavior.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12872-024-03792-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,4]],"date-time":"2024-03-04T12:02:20Z","timestamp":1709553740000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Age and healthy lifestyle behavior\u2019s disparities and similarities on knowledge of myocardial infarction symptoms and risk factors among public and outpatients in a resource-limited setting, cross-sectional study in greater Gaborone, Botswana"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Ookeditse","family":"Ookeditse","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kebadiretse K.","family":"Ookeditse","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thusego R.","family":"Motswakadikgwa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gosiame","family":"Masilo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yaone","family":"Bogatsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Baleufi C.","family":"Lekobe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mosepele","family":"Mosepele","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Henrik","family":"Schirmer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stein H.","family":"Johnsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,4]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"3792_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacc.2017.04.052","volume":"70","author":"GA Roth","year":"2017","unstructured":"Roth GA, Johnson C, Abajobir A, Abd-Allah F, Abera SF, Abyu G, et al. 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