[Risk factors of ischemic heart disease in workers of high altitude wolfram - molybdenum factory].

Workers of Kabardino-Balkarian coal-extracting enterprise were examined hy the one-step standardized epidemiologic study. Incidence of ischemic heart disease, arterial hypertension, smoking, obesity, medium levels of arterial pressure, smoking intensity, weight index in individuals of different ages and age-standardized parameters among 20-59 years old people are represented. Higher incidence of ischemic heart disease in comparison with the other male population of this region and higher incidence of arterial hypertension in comparison with the workers of similar enterprises are shown.

[Incidence of arterial hypertension in Kabarda-Balkaria and the experience with its prevention among automobile transport workers].

Cross-sectional studies covered 2562 males (a urban population), 580 miners, 1126 agricultural drivers, 682 rural habitants and 4323 urban drivers. The mean blood pressures were basically identical in males of various occupations and age, except for urban and rural drivers aged 20-29 and 40-49 years who had significantly lower mean systolic blood pressures than those from the other groups under study. All the males showed elevation in systolic and diastolic blood pressures with age; the differences in blood pressures were insignificant only in rural drivers aged 30-39 and 40-49 years and miners aged 40-49 and 50-59 years.