title: [The characteristics of glucose tolerance in obesity].
abstract: In 151 obese patients an oral glucose tolerance test was carried out. In 118 patients (mean relative body mass 161.5 +/- 39%) the test was normal. In 33 patients (mean relative body mass 167 +/- 32.1%) the glucose tolerance was decreased. In these patients the mean duration of the pathologic overmass was 15.2 +/- 4.8 years. 4 basic types of curves of pathologic tolerance are described. Obesity in men is significantly more frequently complicated with pathologic glucose tolerance than in women (42.2% vs 15.5%). The great variety of glucose tolerance curves in the obese patient is probably related to various types of response of the insulin secretion and the contrainsular mechanisms.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balabanski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naumova
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Timev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose
vernacular_title: Osobenosti na gliukozniia tolerans pri zatlŭstiavane.