[Contents of glycogen in neutrophils in patients with diabetes]

Glycogen neutrophils level was evaluated in 54 patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and 10 patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Glycogen concentration estimated by histochemical method was lower in diabetics than in control group. Patients with NIDDM were divided in the groups according to: sex, duration of disease, a kind of complications and a way of treatment. The glycogen contents in neutrophils, defined in "score"-unit was not different in isolated groups. There was found significant correlation between glycogen contents in neutrophils and the metabolic control in patients with IDDM (r = 0.72) and less significant in patients with NIDDM (r = 0.29).