VALUE OF RISK-FACTORS IN THE SPREAD OF CO RONARY HEART-DISEASE IN MALES LIVING IN DIFFERENT CLIMATIC AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF RUSSIA, CIS COUNTRIES, AND BALTIC STATES - COOPERATIVE STUDY

The paper deals with the contribution of risk factors to the spread of coronary heart disease (CHD) among males living in various cities and towns of Russia, CIS countries and Baltic states. The examination of random representative samples of male populations established that ris k factors, such as age, arterial hypetension, obesity, hypercholestero lemia, dyslipoproteinemia, an.d.smoking (p<0,05), make a significant c ontribution to the spread of CHD, including acute CHD. Age, arterial h ypertension, and body weight (p<0,01) also make a substantial contribu tion to the development of CHD. The risk factors play a greater role i n the spread of CHD in Tallinn, Alma-Ata, St. Petersburg, and Novosibi rsk than in Moscow and Ufa, but in the spread of acute CHD in Tallinn, Kaunas Ufa, and Alma-Ata than in Moscow and St. Petersburg.