[The blood serum lipid spectrum in diabetes mellitus]

Investigations of lipid metabolism in patients with disturbed GTT and manifest diabetes mellitus revealed in most cases dyslipidemia, decreasing significantly in the time course of therapy. The results of the investigations showed that the blood levels of cholesterol (CS), beta-lipoproteins, total lipids (TL) and free fatty acids (FFA) in patients with disturbed GTT were significantly increased as compared to healthy persons. In patients with DM of type I, CS, beta-lipoproteins, TL and FFA were significantly lowered after achieving compensation, and in patients with type II DM the above indices except CS and alpha-CS were also lowered. The detected lipid metabolic derangements were noted at the preclinical stage, i.e. in persons with disturbed GTT and were preserved at the stage of manifest forms of DM, necessitating adequate therapy.