According to the analysis of international research «Global Burden of Disease Study 2010» five key risk factors (RF) in the global world are arterial hypertension (AH), smoking (including passive smoking), alcohol abuse, everyday air pollution by solid fuel, inadequate consumption of fruit in daily ration. The second five of important RF are: obesity (high body mass index -BMI), fasting hyperglycemia (including diabetes mellitus (DM), low body weight at birth, environmental pollution by liquid and gaseous substances, physical inactivity or lack thereof. The recognized RF are old age and male sex. Every region of the world population has its own peculiarities.The most unfavourable RF according to the data of this analysis for the residents of Eastern Europe (including Ukraine) are: alcohol abuse, AH, smoking, obesity, diet, inadequate fruit consumption and hypercholesterolemia. That is for the people of Eastern Europe compared to the population of other parts of the world reducing the harmful effects of AH, smoking and obesity are the most important steps in the comprehensive prevention to improve the length and quality of life.
Materials and methods of the researchNew «Cabinet of the elderly people «60+ Cardio» of All-Ukrainian Social Initiative «60+Cardio» was opened on April 24, 2014 in Novo hrad-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr region, Ukraine in the «Enterprise Central Town District Pharmacy No. 217» (Shevchenko street, 29). The initiator of the project was the All-Ukrainian public organization «Association of preventive and anti-aging medicine», and its implementation was possible with support of pharmaceutical company «Sandoz». Since opening during three
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