CHARACTERISTICS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE FAR NORTH
A survey was conducted of 139 military personnel of the first age group, including 98 military personnel serving in the Far North, as well as 41 military personnel serving in a temperate climate. The survey included assessment of lifestyle (survey of parameters of physical activity, Smoking), anthropometric data (height, body weight, body mass index), physical examination, including measurement of blood pressure at rest, obtaining laboratory data (lipid spectrum, carbohydrate metabolism). It was noted that among military personnel serving in the Far North, the number of smokers was almost 2 times higher than in the comparison group, the percentage of people with high nutrition was more than 2.5 times higher, in contrast to the indicators of physical inactivity, which, however, were also higher than in the group of military personnel serving in a temperate climate. Among the representatives of the Far North group, there is also a tendency to a higher prevalence of arterial hypertension. When assessing lipid metabolism, it was shown that the level of total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol was statistically significantly higher than in the comparison group. The results of the oral glucose tolerance test after 1 hour in the study group were significantly higher, although after 2 hours it corresponded to the norm there was no statistically significant difference. As a result of the study, it was shown that service in the Far North is associated with a higher prevalence of the studied predictors of cardio-vascular risk (physical inactivity, Smoking, high nutrition, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and carbohydrate metabolism disorders).