Interrelation of alpha-cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood of diabetic patients with and without ischemic heart disease

• Published in: Terapevtic̆eskii arhiv Vol. 56; no. 10; p. 98
• Main Authors: Slavina, L S, Kudriakova, S V, Romanovskaia, G A, Mazovetskiĭ, A G, Kantardzhian, I G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 1984
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Blood Glucose - analysis; Body Weight; Cholesterol - blood; Coronary Disease - blood; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetic Angiopathies - blood; Glucose Tolerance Test; Humans; Middle Aged; Triglycerides - blood
• ISSN: 0040-3660

The blood content of total cholesterol and alpha-cholesterol, triglycerides and fasting glucose level were measured in 213 patients suffering from types I and II diabetes mellitus with and without coronary heart disease (CHD) and in 141 subjects with abnormal glucose tolerance test. The ratio of alpha-cholesterol level to these indicators and to the body mass was calculated. It was established that there is a negative correlation between the content of alpha-cholesterol and the level of triglycerides in patients aged 30-45 years with type I diabetes mellitus and in patients aged 45-65 years with type II diabetes mellitus with and without CHD regardless of the body mass. No such correlation was found in patients aged 45-65 years suffering from diabetes mellitus with and without CHD. Negative correlation between the content of alpha-cholesterol and absolute body mass was discovered only in subjects with abnormal glucose tolerance test and in patients aged 30-45 years with type I diabetes mellitus. None of the groups under examination showed any correlation between the content of alpha-cholesterol and relative body mass and the level of total cholesterol.