Abstract

Purpose - to analyze the risk factors and psychoemotional features influencing the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), to assess the cardiovascular risk of fatal events among workers of railway transport with arterial hypertension (AH). Materials and methods. The study includes the railway workers: 50 patients with AH, 45 with cardiovascular risk factors but without AH and 20 healthy volunteers. We evaluate the level of blood pressure (BP) at home and in the office, anthropometrical indicators, levels of total cholesterol and glucose in blood plasma with an empty stomach, the patient's anamnesis: family history, smoking status, were studied. Estimate of 10-year risk of death from CVD in individuals without clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis 40 years and older is carried out according to the SCORE scale. Assessment of anxiety and depressive disorders is conducted using the scale of personal and situational anxiety Spielberg-Hanina and the scale of depression of Beck. Results. The basic clinical and laboratory data from patients shows a significant (p

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