Cardiovascular risk assessment among rural population in Russian Federation: A case study of Irkutsk region

Abstract

This article reports on the prevalence of cardiovascularrisk factors among the rural populationof the Irkutsk region, RF. A cross-sectionalpopulation study was carried out to on a random sampleof rural people in 2016. This study involved 1611 respondents,658 males and 953 females 30-69 years of age.Respondents were offered a standard questionnaire madeby experts of the National Medical Research Center forPreventive Medicine (NMRC P, Moscow, Russian Federation).The patients all underwent clinical instrumental examinationand some anthropometric measurements weretaken. The overall cardiovascular risk was evaluated usingSCORE, a European risk scale. The prevalence of cardiovascularrisk factors among a random sample of ruralpopulation turned out to be high. Among these factors,nutritional disorders were found in 76.1% of respondents,hypercholesterolemia – in 62%, sedentary lifestyle– in 52.6%, hypertension – in 39.2%, hypertriglyceridemia– in 27%, current smoking habits – in 24%, and alcoholabuse – 11.7%. Some risk factors were found tobe associated with gender. Smoking habits, alcohol abuseand nutritional disorders were found more in men, whilewomen reported on hypertension and abdominal obesity.Among studied population, high and very high SCORErisks were found in 19% of cases.