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

Aim of the study was to research the prevalence of alimentary risk factors (RF) of chronic non-infectious diseases in severe conditions of complex climatoecologic and biogeochemical factors in the Far North.

The representative sample of 2094 Nadym-city non-natives (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) aged 20-59 was examined. In the first cross-sectional study 1093 persons (39,1% of men and 60,9% of women), in the last screening – 1001 persons (33,9% of men and 66,1% of women) were examined. The RF presence was established on the basis of the following criteria: arterial hypertension (WHO, ISAH (1999)) was defined at blood pressure levels ≥140-90 mm Hg. Persons who finished antihypertensive treatment not later than 2 weeks before examination were also referred to this group. Excessive body mass for both men and women was defined at Quetlet index ≥29,0 kg/m2, hypercholesterinemia – at plasma cholesterin level ≥6,5 mmol/l, hypertriglyceridemia – at triglyceride level ≥ 2,26 mmol/l, hypoalpha-cholesterinemia – at high density lipoproteins cholesterin level ≤0,88 mmol/l, hyper-cholesterinemia of low density lipoproteids – at low density lipoproteids cholesterin level ≥ 4,1 mmol/l.

The results of research revealed high prevalence of alimentary-dependent RF of chronic non-infectious diseases. In six years dynamics the increase of dislipoproteidemias for 18,1% (31,3% vs 26,5%), high prevalence of arterial hypertonia (31,0% vs 38,5%) and excessive body mass (33,3% vs 30,6%) were assessed.

High prevalence of alimentary-dependent RF factors of chronic non-infectious diseases is the direct consequence of unsatisfactory, misbalanced nutrition. In programs aimed to prevention of alimentary-dependent diseases the priority should be given to non-pharmacological (or non-medicamentous) methods, and first of all, to dietologic methods aimed to correction the nutrition structure in population.

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