Recent trends in coronary risk factors in the USSR.

Abstract

The Soviet Union has experienced an increase in the incidence of coronary heart disease over the last 15 years sufficient to result in an overall deterioration in the health of adults. The distribution of coronary risk factors, and the secular trends in diet and cigarette consumption, provide a potential explanation for the upsurge in death rates. The animal fat content of the Soviet diet has been steadily enriched since the 1950s and cigarette production increased 72 per cent from 1959 to 1980. The post-Stalin orientation of the Soviet economy toward a policy of motivating

Association of Risk Factors of Coronary Heart Diseases and Socio-demographic Characteristics of Civil Employees of Combined Military Hospital Dhaka

“…This finding was a bit higher than the study findings of Diez-Roax AV et al where 80% of the subjects had at list 1 risk factor, 9% men and 19% women had more than 3 risk factors 14 . In a different study the prevalence of risk factors was a bit lower 15 . The individual who are already within the risk group of coronary heart disease, steps like cessation of smoking, control of blood pressure and diabetes mellitus, body weight reduction, regular physical exercise, dietary control, anti-platelet drugs and beta blockers can be taken to halt further progression of risk factors into CHDs.…”

Nursing and Health Care in the Soviet Union

“…The cost of an automobile ranges from 7,200 rubles for a small car to 15,000 rubles for a larger one. Although some researchers believe that there has been a large increase in consumption of animal products (Cooper and Schatzkin, 1982), people with whom we spoke described beef as a rarity, and chicken was bought from the black market, not from the high-priced government stores. Dairy and egg products were plentiful.…”

Smoking in the Soviet Union.

“…Smoking cigarettes, like eating a high-fat diet, has been part of catching up with the West. 21 In effect, the economic considerations appear to have taken precedence over the public health issues, in a pattern not at all unlike what we recognise in Western capitalist countries.21 22 The hortatory approach has likewise met with a similar lack of success. The public probably recognises the hypocrisy of a policy which attempts to discourage individual consumption while continuously raising production and earning the government a nice profit at the same time.…”