Study of lipid fractions in diabetic patients

We studied the types of hyperlipoproteidemia and the effect of normalization of carbohydrate metabolism on lipidogram in diabetic patients. Fractional separation of blood serum lipids was performed by electrophoretic method.
We observed 80 patients aged 15 to 70 years. The control group included 33 healthy people aged 22 to 26. Body weight was normal in the majority of patients (75). The following diseases were revealed in the examined patients: diabetic retinal angiopathy (in 73), limb neuropathy (in 21), limb angiopathy (in 29), Stage I nephropathy (in 22), diabetic hepatosis (in 37), ketoacidosis (in 22). On admission to the hospital all patients had decompensation of diabetes mellitus. Patients were divided into two groups according to their age: 38 fell under 40 years old and 42 fell over 40 years old. Among the patients under 40 years old there were 31 patients with severe form of the disease, 7 patients with medium severity; among the patients older than 40 years old there were 19 and 23 of them, respectively. Depending on indications, patients received various antidiabetic drugs, B-group vitamins, anabolic agents, angioprotectors, lipotropic agents.