[Tendencies in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the population of Siberia].

Aim: To characterize differences in the risk of development (RD) of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke during 16 years in an open Siberian population aged 25-64 years and suffering vital exhaustion (VE).
Materials and Methods: We examined a random representative sample of 657 men and 870 women from the Novosibirsk population in the framework of the WHO «MONICA-psychosocial» screening III program (1954). It included registration of socio-demographic data and cases of VE. A total of 15 episodes of MI and 35 strokes were documented in 30 women and 22 men.
Results: The level of VE in men was 66,8% (high in 14,6%), in women75,7% (high in 44,4%). RD of MI estimated from the relative risk (RR) in men with VE(RR=2) was higher than in women. It was higher in divorced women (RR=5,4) than in men (RR=4,7). RD of MI was higher in men with VE (OR=2,2 in subjects having elementary education, OR=3,7 in bachelors, OR = 7 in widowers;at the age from 45 to 54 years OR=3,8, at the age from 55 to 64 years OR=5,9) than in women. The overall RD of stroke in subjects of either sex with VE was not significantly different (OR=3,34 in women and 3,1). However, it was higher than in women in men with VE having partially completed secondary-level and elementary education RR=4.8), in divorced and widowed men (RR=3.8 and 3.6 respectively.
Conclusion: The study showed that the prevalence of VE in the population aged 25-64yearsis higher than in other age groups and higher in women than in men. VE is a more reliable predictor of MI in men than in women; it is a predictor of stroke in either sexes.