Epidemiological characteristics of dyslipoproteinaemia and certain other risk factors of atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease in 11- and 14-year children in different climatogeographic zones. Results of a cooperative study.
The authors compare the prevalence of risk factors of atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease (dyslipoproteinaemia, elevated arterial pressure, overweight, smoking, low physical activity) in representative samples of 11- and 14-year old school-children in Moscow, Novosibirsk and Tallin. The number of pupils subjected to medical examination totalled 3369; the respondence rate was 87-92%. There appeared a number of regional differences: the study in Moscow showed the highest prevalence of elevated arterial pressure and overweight, in Novosibirsk - hypertriglyceridaemia, in Tallin - hypercholesterolaemia. The most unfavourable situation was registered in school-children in Novosibirks. The authors conclude that when planning preventive measures among the population it is necessary to take into account regional specificities and differences in the intensity of risk factors in children populations.
Oganov
R G
RG
Institute of Preventive Cardiology, Moscow, USSR.
Tubol
I B
IB
Zhukovskii
G S
GS
Perova
N V
NV
Ilchenko
I N
IN
Saava
M E
ME
Tur
I P
IP
Feizukhanova
D V
DV
Nikitin YuP
Dorofeeva
T G
TG
D000293:Adolescent; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002980:Climate; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D014586:USSR
D008074:Lipoproteins