[Efficacy of primary prevention for atherosclerosis-induced diseases in patients with high cardiovascular risk in Russia and other European countries (Part 1)].

RELEVANCE: Evaluation of the effectiveness of risk management in persons with high cardiovascular risk is an important element in reducing the death rate of the population from cardiovascular diseases (CVD). AIM: Analysis of the prevalence and level of risk factors control in patients with high CV risk CVD from the Russian centers of the primary care unit of the EUROASPIRE IV study in comparison with the general population of the study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 14 European countries, including the Russian Federation, participated. Patients aged 18 to 79 years were included in the study, without clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis, who were prescribed antihypertensive therapy and/or lipid lowering therapy and/or treatment for diabetes between the ages of ≥6 months and.

[Efficiency of primary prevention for diseases caused by atherosclerosis in patients at high cardiovascular risk in Russia and other European countries (Part 2)].

BACKGROUND: The picture of primary prevention obtained from real-life practice makes possible scheduling measures for prevention improvement. AIM: To analyze features of drug and non-drug therapy aimed at decreasing cardiovascular risk in Russian patients with a high risk (HR) of CVD compared with the study general population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 14 European countries, including the Russian Federation, participated in this cross-sectional study. The study included patients aged 18-80 without clinical signs of atherosclerosis who have received antihypertensive and/or lipid-lowering therapy and/or therapy for diabetes mellitus (DM) within >6 to.

[Prevalence of excessive body mass and its relation to mortality from cardiovascular and main chronic noninfectious diseases among urban male population of geographical different regions in Russia]. / Rasprostranennost' izbytochnoi massy tela i ee sviaz' so smertnost'iu ot serdechno-sosudistykh i drugikh khronicheskikh neinfektsionnykh zabolevanii sredi muzhskogo naseleniia v gorodakh raznykh regionov.

The paper contains data on prevalence of low, normal, excessive body mass and obesity among urban male populations aged 20-54 years in different regions. Relative risk of death associated with body mass was estimated on the basis of a twenty years prospective study of sample populations in Moskva and St-Peterburg and level of attributed risk was used for assessment of contribution of body mass to cardiovascular mortality and mortality from other chronic diseases. Levels of main risk factors, smoking intensity and alcohol consumption were studied in deciles of body mass index distribution.