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

Cardiovascular diseases

Investigation purpose: to study the dynamics of prevalence of an arterial hypertonia (AH) and its risk factors, among the unorganized man's population of Yakutsk for the 20-year period of observation. Materials and methods: casual representative sample of the unorganized man's population of Yakutsk in the age of 20-54 years served as the research material, the latest inspection per 1984-1986 within the network of the program “ Epidemiology of atherosclerosis and ischemic disease of heart in cities of various regions". 716 persons have taken part in the present research. The response has made 72,5 %. This presentation covers the results of observation of men at the age of 40-54, amounting to 434 persons. The research was performed using standard epidemiological methods and the unified criteria of risk factors evaluation.

Risk factors criteria: The arterial hypertonia (AH) was regarded by criteria the WHO/WOAH of 1999. Persons who took hypotensive medications during inspection or have stopped their reception less than two weeks before inspection were referred to the AH group. Persons having Kettle index of 29.5 kg/m2 and more were considered to have an excess mass. People smoking at least one cigarette a day were taken as smokers.

Results: Standartized by age AH abundance performed 1.7-times growth for the last period of time (19.2% and 33.9% respectively, p0.01), and significant difference was observed in different age groups (p0.01). It is worth noting that AH frequency grew among all categories of men irregardless of education, nationality and working conditions. Standartized by age index of prevalence of excessive body weight (EBW) after applying new criteria (EBW25.0 kg/m2) for men aged 40-59 in 2004 was 52.3%. Using old criteria (ESB29.5 kg/m2) one can see that ESB reduced at the tendency level (18.7 and 16.4%, respectively, p=0.1). Frequency of alcohol usage also decreased for the last time period (79.8 and 74.2, p=0.01). In some groups reduction of alcohol usage was observed on the level of tendency (p=0.1). Smoking, on the contrary, grew among the men (45.3 and 54.1, respectively, p=0.01). Therefore, the results of investigation testify the presence of possibility to change the epidemiological situation by means of an impact on the correctable risk factors. Complex preventive measures should be performed taking into account the revealed epidemiological conditions.

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