METABOLIC STATUS IN YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN SUFFERING FROM CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

Abstract

There were showed that young and middle-aged women suffering from coronary artery disease (CAD) have metabolic disturbances including hypercholesterolemia in 44,8 %, hypo-alfa-cholesterolemia in 16,8 %, hypertriglyceridemia in 76,7 %, glucose intolerance in 8 % and diabetes mellitus in 5,4 % of events. 79 % of patients have excess of body weight and «androgenous» type of obesity. Hypertensive women with normal body weight have hyperinsilinemia confirmed by C-peptide meanings at 3-min and 60-min intervals of glucose tolerance test. Basal hyperinsulinemia (13 mkU. /mL) directly correlated to body mass index and waist circumference that confirmed the presence of insulin resistance in examined women.

Keywords

• insulin resistance
• glycemia
• arterial hypertension
• dyslipoproteinemia