The frequency of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in different age categories of men and women

The article presents the results of studying the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and the characteristic features of their combination in men and women in different age categories. According to the results of the study, every second man and every second woman have arterial hypertension and are overweight/obesity. The main risk factor among men was smoking, which revealed in 70.9% and was significantly more common than in women (p>0, 0001). When comparing the age dynamics of RF, in men, hypertension and other RF progressed to 50-60 years and slightly decreased in the oldest age group. In women, these indicators began to increase sharply after 50 years, reaching a maximum at 60 years and older, which is probably due to the onset of menopause and the loss of the protective properties of estrogens