Introduction: Despite the health policies, the prevalence of SMOKING has been increasing
among ADOLESCENTS and the age of its beginning has been decreasing. Objective: This …

Abstract Background: In Russia, cardiovascular mortality is among the highest in the world.
Behaviours related to the development of cardiovascular disease are usually adopted in …

Background: Many black persons in South Africa have been subjected to urbanisation and
urbanisation has led to a significant increase in diseases of lifestyle. The determinants of …

Background The risk of cardiovascular death is associated with blood pressure value (BP)
and its value above 115/75 mm Hg increases the risk in a statistically significanty way …

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hypertension and to investigate risk
factors linked to hypertension in older adults. An observational study was conducted in a …

OBJECTIVE: This study investigates how voluntary changes in tobacco consumption are
related to changes in biological risk factors for cardiovascular disease in 21-to 36-year-old …

Objective-Decreased effects of smoking on serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-
c) were demonstrated in subjects smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day. We aimed to …

Background The improvement of efficacy of the hypertension prevention and patient
education largely depend on determination of the hypertension risk factors and increase in …

Background: Smoking is a risk factor for cardiovascular, coronary artery and thromboembolic
disorders. There is overwhelming evidence supporting the association of cigarette smoking …

Background Smoking is the most preventable cause of most chronic diseases such as
cardiovascular disease (CVD). Dyslipidemia is also an important risk factor for CVD. Yet …