Wellcome Open Research (Jul 2018)

Know Your Heart: Rationale, design and conduct of a cross-sectional study of cardiovascular structure, function and risk factors in 4500 men and women aged 35-69 years from two Russian cities, 2015-18 [version 2; referees: 3 approved]

  • Sarah Cook,
  • Sofia Malyutina,
  • Alexander V Kudryavtsev,
  • Maria Averina,
  • Natalia Bobrova,
  • Sergey Boytsov,
  • Soren Brage,
  • Taane G. Clark,
  • Ernest Diez Benavente,
  • Anne Elise Eggen,
  • Laila A Hopstock,
  • Alun Hughes,
  • Heidi Johansen,
  • Kamila Kholmatova,
  • Anastasiya Kichigina,
  • Anna Kontsevaya,
  • Michael Kornev,
  • Darryl Leong,
  • Per Magnus,
  • Ellisiv Mathiesen,
  • Martin McKee,
  • Katy Morgan,
  • Odd Nilssen,
  • Ilya Plakhov,
  • Jennifer K Quint,
  • Alicja Rapala,
  • Andrey Ryabikov,
  • Lyudmila Saburova,
  • Henrik Schirmer,
  • Marina Shapkina,
  • Suhail Shiekh,
  • Vladimir M Shkolnikov,
  • Michael Stylidis,
  • Michael Voevoda,
  • Kate Westgate,
  • David A Leon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14619.2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3

Abstract

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Russia has one of the highest rates of cardiovascular disease in the world. The International Project on Cardiovascular Disease in Russia (IPCDR) was set up to understand the reasons for this. A substantial component of this study was the Know Your Heart Study devoted to characterising the nature and causes of cardiovascular disease in Russia by conducting large cross-sectional surveys in two Russian cities Novosibirsk and Arkhangelsk. The study population was 4542 men and women aged 35-69 years recruited from the general population. Fieldwork took place between 2015-18. There were two study components: 1) a baseline interview to collect information on socio-demographic characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors, usually conducted at home, and 2) a comprehensive health check at a primary care clinic which included detailed examination of the cardiovascular system. In this paper we describe in detail the rationale for, design and conduct of these studies.