CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF RISK FACTORS PREVALENCE OF ISCHEMIC STROKE IN THE CAROTID BASIN IN YOUNG AND MIDDLE AGED ADULTS IN KEMEROVO REGION
Prevalence of such ischemic stroke risk factors as arterial hypertension, smoking, auricular fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, hypodynamia, inherited predisposition to cardiovascular diseases, heart diseases in young and middle aged adults undergoing in-patient treatment in neurology unit of Kemerovo cardiological clinic was investigated. Prevalence of arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, hypodynamia, obesity was revealed. In comparison with the data available in Kemerovo region in all age group patients, young and middle aged adults living in different regions, with worldwide data on stroke patients and general population data it was revealed that the characteristic features of young and middle aged adults in Kemerovo region were high hypercholesterolemia and low smoking prevalence.