THE ALTERATION OF LIPID METABOLISM IN PREDIABETES

DYSLIPIDEMIA IS ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS OF INITIATION, PROGRESSION AND COMPL ICATION OF THE ATHEROSCLEROSIS PROCESS, BEING AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED CARDIOVASCULAR MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY BEFORE REACHING DIABETES, IT WAS FOUND THAT A MAJORITY OF PATIENTS HAD A PREDIABETIC PHASE. STATISTICS SHOW THAT ABOUT 30% OF ROMANIANS ARE IN THE PREDIABETIC PHASE, WITH OR WITHOUT RISK, THAT IN THE COMING YEARS THEY WILL EVOLVE TO DIABETES ITSELF. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE PREVALENCE OF PREDIABETES, DYSLIPIDEMIA AND TO ESTABLISH CORRELATIONS B ETWEEN THE PRESENCE OF DYSLIPIDE MIC RISK FACTORS AND THE PRESENCE OF PREDIABETES. THE STUDY GROUP CONSISTED OF 289 PATIENTS, WITH 141 MEN AND 148 WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN THIS DESCRIPTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY. ALTERATIONS IN LIPID METABOLISM ARE COMMON IN PREDIABET IC PATIENTS. DYSLIPIDEMIA WAS FOUND IN APPROXIMATELY EQUAL PROPORTIONS IN BOTH WOMEN AND M EN. DYSLIPIDEMIA AND PREDIABETES ARE OFTEN PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME IN A PERSON.

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