title: [Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for arteriosclerosis].
abstract: Diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for coronary heart disease and cerebral vascular disease. Moreover, diabetic patients are frequently hyperlipidemic (our recent study has revealed that approximately 70% of diabetic patients are dyslipidemic) and are at a higher risk when complicated with hyperlipidemia. In addition, abnormalities in lipoprotein metabolism, which may promote arteriosclerosis, are seen even in normolipidemic diabetics. One such alteration is an increased cholesterol level in intermediated-density lipoproteins from normolipidemic diabetic patients. Recently, abnormal particles in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) fraction, glycated-LDL and small, dense LDL, are regarded as atherogenic lipoproteins. Several factors promoting arteriosclerosis in diabetics, such as abnormal lipoprotein metabolism, increase of lipoprotein (a), hyperinsulinemia, enhancement of polyol pathway, dysfunction of platelet, are described here.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasuga
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000209:etiology*; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000150:complications; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012307:Risk Factors; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D013012:Sorbitol