GENDER AND REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE PREVALENCE OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading causes of global mortality, annually claiming the lives of more than 18 million people [1,2]. Arterial hypertension (AH) and coronary heart disease (CHD) are the main factors determining the development of critical vascular complications. According to global statistics [3], AH affects over 1.2 billion people, and CHD has been diagnosed in more than 126 million. The combination of these pathologies is especially common in people over 60 years of age, reaching 45–50%, which is associated with the progressive impact of such factors as excess body weight, lipid metabolism disorders, and chronic inflammation [3,4,9].