[Results of screening for risk factors in a rural community (author's transl)]

515 women and 372 men from a rural community of 2862 inhabitants over 14 years volunteered to participate in a screening test for risk factors. We found an exceptionally high percentage of hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia as well as overweight. Women were more frequently affected than men except for smoking, which occurred 3,6 times more often in men than in women. Since the life expectancy of men in this community was clearly lower than that of women, smoking seems to have the most weight as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.