Influence of cardiovascular risk factors on the health of rural population in Russia (review)

Objective: to assess the influence of medical and social risk factors for cardiovascular diseases on out-comes of patients living in rural and remote areas of the Russian Federation. Review writing methodology. A systematic review was carried out according to the PRISMA (The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Anal-yses) methodology using eLibrary, Google Scholar, and CyberLeninka databases. Search depth - from 2002 to 2022. The review included 19 original studies. It has been established that the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases risk factors in the rural population is not always higher than in the urban population, and the outcomes are worse.