Endocrine Abstracts

Risk factors were assessed, including lipid spectrum studies, among young patients. The survey included 225 men and 327 women. All examined patients had no clinical signs of diseases of the cardiovascular system and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The median age was 33.35 (31.15; 35.52) years. Obesity was 1.6 times more common among young men than among women (χ2 = 4.67; P = 0.03). The relative risk of developing (RR) obesity in (men/women) was 1.79 (1.23 ÷ 2.60); P = 0.0007. Type 2 diabetes mellitus was not diagnosed in those examined. Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) have been identified among women and men. IGT in men occurred 2 times more often than in women (χ2 = 4.94; P = 0.03), RR (men/women) was 2.12 (1.14 ÷ 3.92); P = 0.01. The incidence of type IV dyslipidemia in men was 3.12 times higher than in women (χ2 = 18.20; P = 0.00001), RR in men (in relation to women) was 3.64 (2.04 ÷ 6.64); P = 0.0003. This study demonstrates the high risk of metabolic disorders in men already at a young age.