REGION-SPECIFIC LEVELS OF PLASMA-LIPIDS, ARTERIAL-PRESSURE AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN SCHOOLCHILDREN FROM ASHKHABAD, MOSCOW, ORENBURG, TYUMAN AND TALLINN (A COOPERATIVE STUDY)

Random samples from a schoolchildren population living in different cl imatic and geographic regions were entered in the standard epidemiolog ical survey. They were examined for plasma lipids vs. arterial pressur e and physical development. Pegion-specific predictors of atherosclero sis were elucidated in Russian schoolchildren as an example. Cholester ol levels proved significantly higher in Tallinn schoolchildren (north west territories), while the lowest ones occurred in Ashkhabad childre n (south territories).