[Role of modified cardiovascular risk factors in development of oncologic diseases].

Cardiovascular (CVD) and oncological diseases (OD) are the main causes of death worldwide and account for a heavy burden on economy, disability and mortality in many countries. Clear understanding of the mechanisms shared by CVD and cancer is important for increasing the life span and quality of life in cancer survivors as well as for preventing comorbidities and correct instructing the patients about risk factors and lifestyle modifications. Both groups of diseases share risk factors, including smoking, obesity, diabetes mellitus, alcohol consumption, unhealthy diet, etc.

[Epidemiological Situation With Main Risk Factors of Cardio-Vascular Diseases Among Young Adults in Russian Federation].

to assess dynamics of cardiovascular risk factors (RF) among young adults in some regions of Russian Federation on the basis of arterial hypertension monitoring conducted in 2003-2010. Data on blood pressure (BP), weight, height, total cholesterol level as well.

[Prevalence of some modified cardiovascular risk factors among young students].

Aim: To estimate the prevalence of some modified cardiovascular risk factors (RFs) among the students of two Moscow higher education institutions to further test the technology of individual medical prevention counseling.

Subjects And Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted among 1912 first-year students (boys and girls, mean age 17.7 years) from 2 Moscow higher education institutions to reveal physical activity levels, smoking status, alcohol abuse, and food addictions.