[Homocysteine level, relationship with cardiovascular risk factors in selected Polish population].

The aim of the study was to evaluate the concentration and distribution of homocysteine in random samples of men and women aged 20-74 from two populations: urban (Warsaw) and industrial-rural (former Tarnobrzeg Province), and the estimation of relationship between selected cardiovascular risk factors and homocysteine concentration. In 2001 in 617 men and 657 women homocysteine level, lipids profile, glucose, folic acid, vitamin B12 concentration, blood pressure and alcohol intake were determined. The mean (geometric) homocysteine concentration was 10.

Did favourable trends in food consumption observed in the 1984-2001 period contribute to the decrease in cardiovascular mortality? - Pol-MONICA Warsaw Project.

Aim: To compare food consumption trends (1984-2001) with cardiovascular mortality trends (1984-2002) in an adult population of right-bank Warsaw residents and establish the delay between dietary changes and mortality reduction.

Methods: Cardiovascular mortality rates for the 1984-2002 period, calculated based on the Central Statistical Office data and the results of individual evaluation of nutrition patterns in 4 independent Pol-MONICA cross-sectional studies (1984, 1988, 1993 and 2001) were analysed.

Results: The cardiovascular mortality rate in right-bank Warsaw inhabitants tended to increase until 1991, and then a decline was observed -- in 2002 in comparison to 1991 the mortality rate in both genders decreased by over 50%.