CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY AMONG MALE-POPUL ATION IN YAKUTSK (DATA OF PROSPECTIVE FOLLOW-UP FOR 10 YEARS)

Authors
IVANOV KI ALEKSEEV VP KONSTANTINOV VV DEEV AD
Citation
Ki. Ivanov et al., CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY AMONG MALE-POPUL ATION IN YAKUTSK (DATA OF PROSPECTIVE FOLLOW-UP FOR 10 YEARS), Kardiologia, 38(3), 1998, pp. 62-67
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Kardiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00229040
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
62 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-9040(1998)38:3<62:CMAMAI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Random representative sample of men aged 20 - 54 years in Yakutsk was followed for 10 years. Data of this follow-up were used for the study of relationship between total, cardiovascular and coronary mortality a nd risk factors. Cardiovascular mortality in this population constitut ed 38,4% of total mortality. Hypertension, smoking, diagnosis of ische mic heart disease, ischemic ECG changes and excessive body mass were s ignificant contributors to the total risk of cardiovascular death.