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The aimof the study was to compare the cephalometric and somatometric parameters of boys and girls aged 18-20 to reveal features of the anthropometry of the youth population of the Omsk city.Material and methods. There was performed an anthropometric examination of 140 people aged 18 to 20 years (70 boys and 70 girls), Slavic ethnic group. Height, transverse chest diameter, chest circumference, body weight, longitudinal and transverse dimensions of the head, full face height, and zygomatic diameter were measured. To obtain generalized data indices of Rees-Eysenck, Rohrer, Quetelet II, Pignet, the head index and the facial index according to Garson were calculated. The data obtained were statistically processed.Results. According to our data, the average height of boys was 180,49±0,73 cm, body weight – 77,28±1,65 kg, average height of girls – 165,79±0,79 cm, body weight – 59,25±1,15 kg. Normosthenic type (44%) prevailed in boys, and asthenic (53%) somatotype prevailed in girls (according to the Rees–Eysenck index). Individuals of both sexes were more likely to have harmonious (57 and 72%, respectively) physical development (according to the Rohrer index). According to the M.V. Chernorutsky index, hypersthenic (44%) somatotype prevailed in boys, and normosthenic (66%) somatotype prevailed in girls. Cephalometry demonstrated that mesocephalic head shape (54%) was more commonly determined in boys, and brachycephalic (50%) head shape - in girls, while euryprosopia was typical for people of both sexes (50% of cases in boys and 63% in girls).Conclusion. The study determined and evaluated typical features of anthropometric data (head shape, face, somatotype) of boys and girls aged 18 – 20 years of the Omsk city.

Aim. Reveal the influence of excessive alcohol consumption on blood coagulation system, levels of blood proteins in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with warfarin. Methods. The study included 80 patients with a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, treated with vitamin K antagonists. The study group included 34 patients with excessive alcohol consumption (according to the questionnaire), the comparison group - 46 patients with no excessive alcohol consumption. Transferrin, hemopexin, aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, carbohydrate-deficient transferrin levels were measured in venous blood serum, serum protein electrophoresis was performed. Parameters of plasma hemostasis tests and D-dimer level were also analyzed. Results. Gamma-glutamyl transferase activity in patients of study group was 1.5 times higher compared to the comparison group (p=0.021). There was no statically significant differences in aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase activity, but their levels were increased in alcohol abusers with gamma-glutamyl transferase above normal values (55 U/l). None of the patients had increased level of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin. Absolute and relative serum β1-globulin concentrations were significantly reduced in study group patients, while hemopexin and transferrin levels were at the same level as in the control group. No differences of coagulation parameters were between the groups. In the study group, in patients with β1-globulin levels below the median values, international normalized ratio was significantly closer to the target values, but the same patients had higher D-dimer levels, which apparently indicates low effect of anticoagulants. Conclusion. The effect of anticoagulant was low in patients with excessive alcohol consumption and atrial fibrillation, as evidenced by elevated D-dimer levels at international normalized ratio close to the target values. Patients with atrial fibrillation and excessive alcohol consumption with elevated D-dimer levels had serum β1-globulin levels reduced compared to median values.