[Ethnic and age characteristics of the frequency of risk factors chronic kidney disease in elderly and senile people of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).].

The study included patients with chronic kidney disease aged 60-89 years, who were divided into three groups by ethnicity (Evens, Yakuts and Russians). By age, all study participants were divided into 2 age groups: elderly (60-74 years old) and senile (75-89 years old). For the first time, ethnic features of the prevalence of risk factors and progression of chronic kidney disease in elderly and senile people of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) were revealed on clinical material.

Behavioural risk factors of arterial hypertension in the Evenk population of the Russian Arctic.

The urgency of the problem under study is determined by the high prevalence of arterial hypertension among the indigenous minorities of the North in modern socio-economic conditions. The following article is aimed to evaluate the prevalence of behavioural arterial hypertension risk factors according to the results of single-step epidemiological research of Evenk people in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russian Federation. The leading approach to the study of this problem was the questioning of the population using the international questionnaire for behavioural risk factors (CYNDI).