[The regional characteristics of the prevalence of elevated arterial pressure in the schoolchildren of Moscow, Tallinn and Novosibirsk (a cooperative study)].

The authors describe the results of a cooperative epidemiological screening of schoolchildren aged 11 to 14 years, living in Moscow, Tallinn and Novosibirsk. 1219 persons underwent screening in Moscow, 923 in Novosibirsk, and 1227 in Tallinn; the screening coverage was 88.3, 92 and 87.

[Characteristics of arterial blood pressure in children aged 10-14 years living in Novosìbirsk (data of a simultaneous epidemiological study)].

The authors reported the results of a study of BP levels in children aged 10 to 14 in Novosibirsk using a standard WHO method. Regional normal limits of systolic and diastolic BP with relation to age and sex were presented. The mean levels of systolic and diastolic BP were growing with age, particularly at the age of 11-12.

Epidemiological characteristics of dyslipoproteinaemia and certain other risk factors of atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease in 11- and 14-year children in different climatogeographic zones. Results of a cooperative study.

The authors compare the prevalence of risk factors of atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease (dyslipoproteinaemia, elevated arterial pressure, overweight, smoking, low physical activity) in representative samples of 11- and 14-year old school-children in Moscow, Novosibirsk and Tallin. The number of pupils subjected to medical examination totalled 3369; the respondence rate was 87-92%. There appeared a number of regional differences: the study in Moscow showed the highest prevalence of elevated arterial pressure and overweight, in Novosibirsk - hypertriglyceridaemia, in Tallin - hypercholesterolaemia.

[Comparative characteristics of the plasma lipid composition of 10-11-year-old schoolchildren in Moscow and Novosibirsk].

The role of lipoproteins in the etiology of atherosclerosis has been proved by the present time and dyslipoproteinemia is considered one of the main risk factors like smoking and arterial hypertension. In 1983-1984 an epidemiological survey of a representative sample of schoolchildren was conducted in one of the Moscow districts and according to a unified program among standardized participants in Novosibirsk. As a result, regional normal limits and mean values of blood plasma lipids were established in the populations of schoolchildren aged 10-11 in Moscow and Novosibirsk, their comparative characteristics and interrelationships between physical development and a degree of puberty were studied.