Hypertension morbidity in contract military personnel serving in the Eastern Military District according to dynamic monitoring

The authors researched the changes in the prevalence of hypertension and major risk factors (overweight, obesity, smoking and high cholesterol) in men of young age - officers of the Eastern Military District during the five-year dynamic observation (2009-2014). 1043 servicemen were selected for the survey. 96,5% of selected servicemen or 1011 people agreed to take part in the survey, the average age was from 25 to 45 years. It was found that among young men the prevalence of hypertension decreased to 24,4%; this result is lower than in the group of civilian population of the same age. It was also found that commitment to healthy lifestyle has increased and the prevalence of the most common risk factors (overweight and obesity, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, alcohol consumption) has decreased but in comparison with the civil population prevalence of modifiable risk factors remains high. The study showed that during the reform of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the inherent strength of military labour remains high, which can not but affect the health officers, 95,5% identified hypertensive patients in our study, young men 35 years with 1st stage of the disease.

hypertension, risk factors