Cardiovascular pathology in Yakutia

• Main Author: K. I. Ivanov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: «FIRMA «SILICEA» LLC 2006
• Subjects: coronary heart disease; arterial hypertension; epidemiology; risk factors; cholesterol; male population; mortality; relative risk; Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system; RC666-701; Arctic; Sakha; Sakha Republic; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/e640f932a70140c49a1627856d7246ad

The article is devoted to cardiovascular pathology in one of the largest Russian regions - Sakha Republic (Yakutia). Noteworthy, the regional population lives in Arctic and Sub-arctic latitudes, where numerous large-scale epidemiologic and clinical cardiology studies have been performed. The author summarizes the results of 1985-1987 and 1999-2002 studies, demonstrating special features of cardiovascular risk factors, arterial hypertension, lipid profile in Yakutia native and migrant population.