International Union for Circumpolar Health Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of RF Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Medical Polar Fund “Science” The Northern Forum

Abstracts

Ethnic peculiarities of the North native inhabitants health

The conditions of life and labor in the middle mountain part of Siberian territories are inherent to the high mountain part of other territories in the world. These conditions are extreme (special) for a human.

The inhabitants of Mountain Altai have low migration level. A good example is a marriage between the inhabitants of the same village or region. Thus, clinical and epidemiological approach allows finding the structure, levels, and peculiarities of a disease forming in connection with influence of natural and social environment factors.

In Russian literature since N.N. Savitsky (1974), there was an opinion that the differentiation of sick population by hemodynamic types was formed in the process of disease development, in the process of pathogenic interaction of stress factor with hemodynamically homogeneous population. For the first time it was denied by I.K. Shkhvatsabaya, E.N. Konstantinov, I.A. Gundarov (1981). They found that quantity difference of systolic index (SI) in healthy persons allows dividing these persons into 3 hemodynamic types: hyper-, eu-, and hypokinetic, which are normal.

The purpose of the study is to determine the types of blood circulation in healthy aboriginal inhabitants of the Republic Altai. 1806 persons were surveyed in the Republic Altai. The group of healthy aboriginal inhabitants consisted only of 224 persons was selected. SI determined the type of blood circulation.

The inhabitants of 6 villages were surveyed. Balyktuyul is situated at altitude about 2000m above the sea level. It is populated by telengits. The villages Shashikman and Kulada are situated on valley at altitude about 500 m, where climate is relatively favorable. They populated by ethnic group of altai-kizhi. The villages Mendur-Sokkon, Yakonur, Kaysyn, Kozul are also occupied by ethnic group of altai-kizhi. They are situated at altitude about 1000 m, where climate is less favorable.

The received data confirm the assumption that healthy population has different hemodynamic types. The significant quantity difference of SI in healthy persons allows dividing them into 3 hemodynamic types: hyper-, eu-, and hypokinetic, which are normal.

In all tested regions of the Republic Altai the hypokinetic type of blood circulation prevail. It is observed with frequency more than 41% overall comparing regions and especially in ecologically adverse regions irrespective of ethnic group. Thus, it suggests that the tensity of hemodynamic regulation increases in ecologically adverse regions. It is shown by increased occurrence of hypokinetic type of blood circulation.

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