[Monitoring of nutrition of the population of Chuvashia, in connection with prevalence of ischemic illness of heart].

Data on dynamic monitoring of nutrition of population from 1980 to 2005 regions inhabiting regions with various prevalence are cites: prenosologic shifts in lipid and purin exchanges and indices of a waist/hip, weight of a body at practically healthy inhabitants of rural areas of Chuvashia. As an comparison group 15 families from village Poretskoye are chosen. The village is situated ecological-biogeochemical zone with the ultrahigh parameters of death rate of ischemic illness of heart.

[Prevalence of arterial hypertension in some subregions of Chuvashia].

Aim: To study a possible link between prevalence of arterial hypertension (AH) among population and biogeochemical environmental factors of some subregions.

Material And Methods: Epidemiological and statistical data from Public Health Ministry of the Chuvash Republic (CR) for 10 years and annual official reports on CR public health for 2001-2005 were analysed with reference to biogeochemical conditions in the CR regions.

Results: Cardiovascular mortality is leading among causes of death.

[The clinical and immunological manifestations of infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis under natural zinc deficiency].

Patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis who lived in zinc-deficient areas (the level of mobile zinc in the soil is < 0.1 mg/kg, and its dietary level is 9.1 mg/day) were found to have a significant depression of the T-cell link of the immunity system along with enhanced activation apoptosis and decreased phagocytic activity of neutrophils.

[The vitamins and minerals provision of children living in different ecological-biogeochemical zones in Chuvashia].

The results of investigation about providing 96 children at the age of 11-12 with vitamins in different ecological-biogeochemical zones of Chuvashia are presented in this article. The actual nutrition of children was estimated, by questionnaire-weight Pokrovsky's method and the level of excretion of vitamins B1, B2 and ascorbic acid with urine was studied by fluorescent method. The deficiency of riboflavin (66% in girls and 97% in boys) and ascorbic acid deficiency (30% in children) was revealed in the daily ration, the quantity of thiamin was sufficient.