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A cohort study, both prospective and retrospective, was conducted on 675 patients who underwent comprehensive examinations.Results: Numerical data were analyzed using the Statistica 6 program. The results are presented as the mean\u00b1standard 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.Conclusions: The cumulative impact of causal occupational, environmental, and ultra-high stress factors in the combat zone in participants of the Soviet\u2013Afghan war, along with common conventional factors, contributed to the formation of a specific comorbidity structure. 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