[Alcohol consumption and mortality among kaunas population aged 35-64 years from 1983 to 2002].

Aim: To evaluate time trends in alcohol consumption habits and alcohol-related mortality among Kaunas (Lithuania) population aged 35--64 years from 1983 to 2002.

Material And Methods: The WHO MONICA study was carried out in Kaunas from 1983 to 2002. Alcohol consumption habits were determined using the data of four surveys among random samples of population aged 35-64 years (overall 3292 men and 3548 women, the response rate 65.

[Prevalence of ischemic heart disease and mortality among kaunas population aged 35-64 years in the prospective study].

MONICA (MONItoring trends and determinants of CArdiovascular diseases) study was carried out in Kaunas in 1983-1993 in three random samples of population aged 35-64 (overall 2694 men and 2801 women). The prevalence of previous MI among men was higher than among women in the first and in the third surveys (2,2 and 1,1%, p <0,05 and 4,4 and 1,2%, p <0,001, respectively). The prevalence of angina pectoris among men and among women did not reveal statistically significant difference in all three surveys.

[Disorders of glucose tolerance and ischemic heart disease].

The incidence of impaired glucose tolerance, the relation of blood glucose levels to the prevalence of risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) and to myocardial infarction morbidity and mortality were studied over 15 years among males aged 45-59 years, excluding patients with diabetes mellitus. The data analysis was made in quintils of glucose levels. Impaired glucose tolerance was detected in 20.

[Detection of ischemic heart disease in a survey of a male population 40-59 years of age (data of cooperative studies performed in Moscow, Kaunas, Kiev and Kharkov)].

The authors analyzed the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and its various types detected by routine epidemiological methods among the examinees in four cities (Moscow, Kaunas, Kiev, and Kharkov). The results were obtained in the collaboration study, adhering to the rigid standardization of all the procedures applied. Examination of 17, 168 males aged 40-59 years revealed signs of CHD in 13.