The epidemiology of systolic and diastolic arterial hypertension in relation to risk factors and education among the male population of some cities of Russia, the CIS nations and the Baltic states (a cooperative study)
Konstantinov, V.V.; Zhukovskiĭ, G.S.; Oganov, R.G.; Burlutskiĭ, G.I.; Deev, A.D.; Barsov, D.A.; Smirnova, I.P.; Shestov, D.B.; Volozh, O.I.; Serova, N.V.
Terapevticheskii Arkhiv 66(1): 54-57
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-3660 PMID: 8146798 Document Number: 428362
The prevalence of systolic and diastolic arterial hypertension (AH) was studied on a material of random representative samples of male population aged 20-54 years in the cities of Moscow, Saint Petersburg [correction of Sankt-Peterburg], Tallinn, Kiev, Novosibirsk, Alma-Ata, Tashkent and Bishkek. AH was estimated in connection with risk factors (RF) from the standpoint of uni- and multidimensional statistical analysis. It has been established that RF (age, cholesterol and triglycerides concentration, overweight and alcohol use) make more significant contribution into the prevalence of diastolic AH whereas the systolic AH prevalence is largely determined only by age and education. The data obtained are likely to form the basis for the design of a more integral system of prophylaxis of cardiovascular diseases.