Abdominal obesity (AO) is a predictor of cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus type 2. The assessment of the disease prevalence and the study of socioeconomic status of people with this phenotype of obesity are necessary to develop effective mechanisms to combat this risk factor in the population. The aim of the study is to determine the prevalence of AO in the population and to assess the association with socioeconomic factors according to the data of the ESSE-RF study (Epidemiology of Cardiovascular diseases in the Regions of the Russian Federation). Materials and methods. The object of the study is a random population sample of men and women aged 25-64 years from 13 regions of the Russian Federation (n=21 817). Abdominal obesity in men was defined as waist circumference (WC) >94 cm, and in women - WC >80 cm. Body mass index (BMI) >30.0 kg/m2 was adopted as the criterion of common obesity. Results and discussion. The prevalence of AO in Russia was 55% (61.8% in women and 44% in men), while the percent of people with obesity, defined by BMI was significantly lower (33.4%). The number of examined patients with AO increased with age among both men and women (p

Aim. A study of the clinical and instrumental characteristics and quality of treatment of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) with diabetes mellitus. Materials and methods. The study was conducted by using the CHF register method, which is a computer program with remote access, which allows on-line data collection on patients who have been examined and treated in primary care and in hospitals. The study included 8272 patients with CHF IIIV FC (functional class) (New York Heart Association NYHA); among them 62% of patients were treated in hospital. Results. The study showed that the frequency of diabetes was 21%. The main causes of CHF in diabetic patients are coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction (in anamnesis) and hypertension. These patients are more often diagnosed with III and IV CHF FC according to (NYHA) and retained LV (left ventricular) ejection fraction. The reduced ejection fraction was observed in 6.8% of cases, and the frequency of the intermediate LV was significantly higher than among patients with CHF and with diabetes and accounted for 18.9%. At patients with CHF with diabetes in comparison with patients with CHF without diabetes, atherosclerosis of the peripheral arteries, stroke (in anamnesis) and chronic kidney disease of stage III and IV were significantly more common. Conclusion.Under the treatment, patients with CHF with diabetes have higher levels of SBP (systolic blood pressure), lipids and glucose in the blood plasma, indicating a lack of quality of treatment and, accordingly, the doctors are not optimally performing the clinical guidelines on treating this category of patients.

Arterial hypertension (AH), smoking and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are the risk factors for the development of myocardial infarction (MI). Their age and gender peculiarities of AH have been studied only in a small number of epidemiological studies. Aim. To study the effect of smoking status and type 2 diabetes on the incidence of MI in men and women with hypertension. Materials and methods. The frequency of MI in men and women with hypertension confirmed by ECG criteria was analyzed depending on age, smoking status and type 2 diabetes. 28 899 hypertensive patients of primary health care in 20102016 were included in the registry of hypertension. Results. In the age of 2544 the number of visits of men and women with hypertension in primary health care was the same, thereafter the ratio of men progressively had been decreasing with the age. The incidence of MI in men with hypertension is significantly higher at all ages than in women (it is 18.3 times higher at the age of 2544). 37.4% of men and 94.8% of women with hypertension have never smoked. The maximum incidence of MI is in middle-aged men (33.0%) and in old-aged women (14.1%) groups, who stopped smoking. MI developed in 3.7 times more often in hypertensive young-age men group who are smoking than in nonsmokers, in those who stopped smoking 13 times more often. The maxima of the curves of the incidence of MI in women with hypertension, based on the smoking status, shifted towards an older age in comparison with men. Percutaneous coronary intervention / Coronary artery bypass graft surgery was performed 2 times more often in hypertensive patients with MI who stopped smoking, compared to nonsmokers. The incidence of MI in hypertensive patients with diabetes in middle-aged men increased by 1.6 times, in women 2.5 times. The higher influence of diabetes mellitus on escalation of MI incidence in women with hypertension than in men persisted until old age. The incidence of MI was 9.8% in never-smoked, 17.7% for smokers and 28.3% for stopped smoking hypertensive patients with diabetes. In the group of patients who never smoked, the risk of MI increased by 1.8 times in the men group and 2.8 in women with AH and DM. However, the odds of MI development in nonsmoking men and women groups with hypertension and diabetes did not significant. Conclusion. Gender-age characteristics of the influence of smoking and type 2 diabetes on the risk of MI in patients with hypertension in primary health care were disclosed. Such risk factors for MI as male gender and smoking are most significant at a young age. In old age, smoking status no longer affects the risk of MI, while the male gender remains important at all ages. The higher incidence of MI in men with hypertension (18.3 times at a young age) compared to women is explained by both the influence of gender and the higher frequency of smoking (12 times). T2DM increases the risk of developing MI in middle age and older. In hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes, the incidence of MI is maximally increased in middle age in women by 2.5 times; in men 1.6 times. Smoking in patients with AH and type 2 diabetes leads to an additional increase of MI risk (up to 2.8 times).

Аim. To investigate the clinical characteristics and quality of treatment (according to the national guidelines) of patients with arterial hypertension (AH) and chronic kidney disease observed in primary health care. Materials and methods. The study was carried out on the basis of the AH registry data (n=43 133; 20052019 years). Glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated using the CKD-EPI formula; renal structure and albuminuria were not evaluated. The analysis was performed using the SPSS software (version 22; SPSS Inc). Results. The creatinine level was assessed in 60% of patients, 23.6% of them had decreased eGFR60 ml/ min/1.73 m2. The incidence of co-morbid CVD and type 2 diabetes in patients with hypertension increased markedly with a decrease in eGFR (14 groups): the incidence of coronary artery disease increased 1.8 times (up to 72.5%), myocardial infarction 1.7 times (up to 20.6%), chronic heart failure 2 times (up to 84.0%), atrial fibrillation 10 times (up to 18.3%), history of stroke 3.7 times (up to 15.3%) and type 2 diabetes 2.4 times (up to 32.8%). Achievement of target goals of CV risk factors was not enough: systolic BP less than 50% of patients, triglycerides less than 7%, LDL-C in high and very high CVD risk patients less than 13%. Conclusion. Conducting timely assessment of renal function, drug therapy and lifestyle changes in patients with AH and decreased renal functional could prevent severe kidney damage, the development of CV complications, chronic renal failure and reduce mortality.

Aim. The primary objective of this study was to describe clinical, virusological and immunological characteristics of hospitalised HIV-infected patients, who had different stages of the disease. Materials and methods. This study was conducted at Moscow Infectious Diseases Hospital №2 in 2012-2015. We have clinically observed 5485 HIV-infected patientsand studied their clinical histories [age: 25-45 (87%), men - 3998 (72.9%), women - 1487 (27.1%)]. 593 (10.8%) have died. We have tested plasma and liquor HIV RNA viral load, immune status, number of viral DNA copies in blood, liquor, lavage, pleural fluid, large intestinal and esophagus biopsies and other materials. Statistica v. 10.0 and SPSS v. 20 were used for statistical analysis. Results and conclusion. Clinical state of HIV-infected hospitalised patients has been described and the results of quantitive determination of HIV RNA in blood and liquor, absolute and relative CD4+ and CD8+ T-lymphocytes concentrations and immunoregulatory index in patients in various disease stages, including patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) have been presented. Statistically significant correlation between blood and liquor HIV RNA load as well as between viral load and cellular immune markers in hospitalised HIV-infected patients has been found.