Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationships of apelin with the parameters of the carbohydrate metabolism in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and without T2D.Methods: The study involved 93 patients with hypertension grades 2–3 combined with T2D or without it (45 men and 48 women) in age from 43 to 70 years old. The investigation complex included measuring levels of fasting blood glucose, fasting blood insulin with ...

Objective: To establish the association of triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) index with metabolic parameters of cardiovascular risk (CVR) in patients with arterial hypertension (AH). We examined 255 patients – 123 women and 132 men aged 45–55 years with AH stage II grade 2which were divided on TyG index into two groups: gr.1 –TyG index < 4.81 units (n = 134) and TyG index > 4.82 units (n = 121) – gr.2.<p class="abste...

The combination of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) greatly increases the risk of adverse cardiovascular events. Identification of factors which accelerate the development of atherosclerosis, it is important to more fully understand the mechanisms of progression of these diseases.The aim is to study the relationship between levels of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and lipid peroxidat...