The prevalence of major cardiovascular risk factors in a rural population of the Chui region of Kyrgyzstan: The results of an epidemiological study.

Objective: To study the prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors (RFs) in the rural population of the Chui region of Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia).

Methods: The sample was representative of the population in terms of age and sex and included at least 10% of the population aged 18-65 y. Of the 1,672 people included in the cohort, 1.