Chronic noncommunicable diseases: combined effects of risk factors

Abstract

Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) can surely be described as the main pathology of the 21st century. Being widespread all over the world, they are not only responsible for higher mortality rates, but they also significantly reduce the quality of life of the population. An investigation of risk factors for NCD is needed to elaborate effective control strategies; however, the isolated influence of one such factor in the environment is impossible. Only the results of studies of the combined influence of risk factors can demonstrate the real situation. Nevertheless, the Russian literature contains scarce information on this issue now. The review comparatively analyzes contemporary international works devoted to the study of the influence of both individual risk factors and their combinations on all-cause mortality rates, as well as the probability of development of a certain disease from the NCD group and its mortality.