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ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi2024

Comorbid Conditions in Persons Exposed to Ionizing Radiation and Veterans of the Soviet-Afghan War: A Cohort Study in Kazakhstan.

Saule Sarkulova, Roza Tatayeva, Dinara Urazalina, Ekaterina Ossadchaya, Venera Rakhmetova

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Article in Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Saule SarkulovaDepartment of Internal Diseases with Course of Nephrology, Hematology, Allergy and Immunology, Astana Medical University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Roza TatayevaDepartment of General Biology and Genomics, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Dinara UrazalinaCentral Clinical Hospital for Veterans of the Patriotic War of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Ekaterina OssadchayaDepartment of General Biology and Genomics, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Venera RakhmetovaDepartment of Internal Diseases with Course of Nephrology, Hematology, Allergy and Immunology, Astana Medical University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Astana Medical University · KZL. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University · KZMinistry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan · KZ

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Abstract

objectivesThis study investigated the prevalence and characteristics of comorbid conditions in patients exposed to ionizing radiation and those who were involved in the Soviet-Afghan war.

methodsThis study analyzed the frequency and spectrum of morbidity and comorbidity in patients over a long-term period (30-35 years) following exposure to ionizing radiation at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site or the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, and among participants of the Soviet-Afghan war. A cohort study, both prospective and retrospective, was conducted on 675 patients who underwent comprehensive examinations.

resultsNumerical data were analyzed using the Statistica 6 program. The results are presented as the mean±standard deviation, median, and interquartile range (25-75th percentiles). The statistical significance of between-group differences was assessed using the Student t-test and Pearson chi-square test. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. We found a high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension (55.0%) and cardiac ischemia (32.9%); these rates exceeded the average for this age group in the general population.

conclusionsThe cumulative impact of causal occupational, environmental, and ultra-high stress factors in the combat zone in participants of the Soviet-Afghan war, along with common conventional factors, contributed to the formation of a specific comorbidity structure. This necessitates a rational approach to identifying early predictors of cardiovascular events and central nervous system disorders, as well as pathognomonic clinical symptoms in this patient cohort. It also underscores the importance of selecting suitable methods and strategies for implementing treatment and prevention measures.

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Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticVeteransCohort StudiesHumansKazakhstanProspective StudiesRadiation, IonizingRetrospective StudiesCardiovascular diseasesComorbidityPost-traumatic stress disorderRadiation injuriesVeterans

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