[Incidence of risk factors for chronic noninfectious diseases among the population of 2 rural therapeutic districts in the Lithuanian SSR and the knowledge of the inhabitants of the presence of their risk factors].
During examination of the adult population of two rural communities: 1558 inhabitants of a settlement of Salantai and 1713 inhabitants of a settlement of Merkine their arterial pressure was measured and they were interviewed. A high prevalence of risk factors of chronic noncommunicable diseases was established. Arterial hypertension was detected almost in 1/3 of the examined population, 50% of the male population smoked, 40.7% of the Salantai inhabitants and 32.2% of the Merkine inhabitants had excess body mass. The people were unaware of risk factors. Those who thought to be healthy, often had risk factors. Only 28.3% of the Salantai inhabitants and 25.5% of the Merkine inhabitants knew their arterial pressure, 74.8% and 79.3% respectively knew their height and body mass. With age the prevalence of risk factors grew and knowledge of them decreased.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008097:Lithuania; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012306:Risk; D012424:Rural Population; D012907:Smoking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Rasprostranennost' faktorov riska khronicheskikh neinfektsionnykh zabolevaniĭ u naseleniia dvukh sel'skikh terapevticheskikh uchastkov Litovskoĭ SSR i osvedomlennost' zhiteleĭ o nalichii u nikh faktorov riska.