1. [Epidemiology of ischemic heart disease as related to the main risk factors among the male population in various Soviet cities (a cooperative study)].
- Author
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Konstantinov VV, Zhukovskiĭ GS, Shestov DB, Malakhov VN, Burlutskiĭ GI, Konstantinova OS, Kapustina AV, Kvasha EA, Serova NV, and Umarov RT
- Subjects
- Adult, Age Factors, Coronary Disease etiology, Humans, Hypertension complications, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity complications, Prevalence, Risk Factors, USSR epidemiology, Urban Health, Coronary Disease epidemiology
- Abstract
A study was made of the prevalence of coronary heart disease, risk factors (arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypo-alpha-cholesterolemia, overweight, tobacco-smoking) and of the relation of coronary heart disease to the risk factors in men aged 20 to 39 years and 40 to 54 years, living in 8 cities of the USSR. The study was carried out on material of random representative samples. It has been established that the prevalence of coronary heart disease and risk factors is bigger among the populations living in the European part of the USSR and Siberia, being lower among the populations of Central Asia. The relationship between coronary heart disease and the risk factors is pronounced to a greater measure in arterial hypertension and overweight and to a less degree in other conditions. Besides, the relation of coronary heart disease to the risk factors is marked to a much greater measure among men belonging to the senior age groups.
- Published
- 1991