PMID: 9664734Jul 17, 1998Paper

Vztah inzulinovej rezistencie a malych denznych lipoproteinov s nizkou hustotou k rozvoju aterosklerozy pri diabetes mellitus 2. typu.

Bratislavské lekárske listy
L Fabroya, S Cagan

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM type 2) is a common disease that is associated with high mortality and morbidity due to macrovascular and microvascular complications. CHD mortality and morbidity is 2--3 times higher in diabetic than in non-diabetic patients/. There are many potentially atherogenic factors in diabetes these may underlie this problems. Except major risk factors (high serum cholesterol concentration, hypertension, cigarette smoking), insulin resistance is common in DM type 2 patients. The dyslipidemic component of insulin resistance is "atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype", its components include small LDL particles (pattern B) with higher atherogenic risk. Several recent studies have demonstrated the preponderance of small, dense LDL in patients with DM type 2 and IR. The question of whether small, dense LDL can be explained by triglyceride levels alone or whether it is directly related to DM type 2 and insulin resistance is still the subject of debate. If serum triglycerides exceed 1,3 mmol/l, small, dense LDL increases. The practical implication is that serum triglyceride levels should be maintained as low as possible to prevent the deleterious effects of triglycerides on LDL subclass distribution and size. There ar...Continue Reading

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