title: [Risk factors in chronic noninfectious diseases among the population of the Lithuanian SSR].
abstract: Prevalence of risk factors (RF) for chronic noncommunicable diseases (CND) such as hypertension, overweight and smoking among random samples of the representative population of various age groups in the Lithuanian SSR was considered. A total of 12126 males and females were examined. CND risk factors were found in all age groups without significant differences among separate administrative areas of the republic. Age-adjusted rates of RF levels were presented. Hypertension was found in 16.18% of males and 16.19% of females. There was a 2.7-fold and 8.2-fold age-linked increase in hypertension among the male and female population, respectively. Smoking was the most common RF among males (54.3%) while in females it reached 8.9%. With age the number of smokers tended toward reduction: among males 1.5 times and in females 2.2 times. Overweight was found to be the most prevailing RF among females (48.33%) while among the male population it was 27.9%. In the older age group overweight was observed in every other male and in two out of three women.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008097:Lithuania; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking
vernacular_title: Faktory riska khronicheskikh neinfektsionnykh zabolevaniĭ sredi naseleniia Litovskoĭ SSR.