Coronary risk factors in newly diagnosed and previously diagnosed type 2 diabetic men with myocardial infarction.

Risk factors for coronary artery disease in 131 known non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetic patients is compared to that in 115 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic subjects and in 316 non-diabetic patients. The subjects, all Indian men aged 21-60 years, represent consecutive survivors of myocardial infarction and were investigated 3-4 months after their acute episode. A group of 524 healthy Indian men aged 21-60 years were included as controls.

Serum lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in young normocholesterolaemic, non-diabetic Indian men with myocardial infarction.

Serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-I and apolipoprotein B were evaluated as potential indicators of the risk of coronary artery disease in young (less than 46 years) normocholesterolaemic, non-diabetic men who had previously sustained a myocardial infarction (n = 50) and in healthy age and sex matched controls (n = 122) with a similar socioeconomic background. Significant differences were observed between patients and controls in the mean concentrations of serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein B, as well as in the ratios of total cholesterol to high density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I to apolipoprotein B. No significant difference was demonstrated in the concentration of apolipoprotein A-I between the two groups.

Lipid and lipoprotein abnormalities in South African Indian men with myocardial infarction.

The Indian (Asian) population in South Africa has a high rate of coronary artery disease. Fasting serum lipid and lipoprotein levels were measured in 620 consecutive male survivors of myocardial infarction and compared with those of 524 healthy male volunteer controls, and the presence of hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia in the patient group was related to other non-lipid coronary risk factors. All survivors and controls were below age 61 years.

Abnormalities in sex hormones are a risk factor for premature manifestation of coronary artery disease in South African Indian men.

The relation between sex hormone levels and myocardial infarction was studied in a case-control study among 117 Indian men with myocardial infarction aged 30-60 years and in 107 healthy Indian male controls. The patients and controls were further divided into subsets defined by age in decades. In the total patient population, testosterone concentration was significantly lower than in the controls (P less than 0.

Prognostic importance of admission plasma glucose in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction.

We assessed the relationship of plasma glucose concentrations measured on admission to mortality during the acute phase of myocardial infarction in 143 diabetic patients and 277 patients without a previous history of diabetes. Mortality in hospital in patients not known to have diabetes increased significantly from 4 per cent in patients with admission plasma glucose below 8 mmol/l to 35 per cent in patients with admission plasma glucose above 11 mmol/l. In diabetic patients the mortality increased with increasing admission plasma glucose but the difference was not significant.