[Analysis of irradiation dose, body mass index and insulin blood concentration in personnel cleaning up after the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident].
Liquidators of aftermaths of the Chernobyl accident (LCA) who had worked within the 30-km zone for not more then 3 months in 1986 and early in the year 1987 were examined in 1988-1992, 1997-1998. They were divided into two groups of persons with normal body mass index (BMI) and abnormal BMI. The dose of irradiation received, BMI and insulin concentration in the blood were analysed. The comparison group consisted of persons having been exposed to acute psychogenic stress--they were servicemen in their first year of military service. The control group comprised normal subjects. Hyperinsulinemia was recordable in LCA with normal and abnormal BMI for the space of 3 to 12 years after the accident. The above hyperinsulinemia, as we see it, is related to direct or indirect action of irradiation because those persons with prior acute psychogenic stress and healthy people have been found to be free from hyperinsulinemia. The possibility cannot be ruled out that hyperinsulinemia is a predictor of increased body weight gain and obesity in LCA reported by other authors.
Zueva
N A
NA
Kovalenko
A N
AN
Gerasimenko
T I
TI
Man'kovskii
B N
BN
Korpachova
T I
TI
Efimov
A S
AS
D000328:Adult; D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000209:etiology; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D014455:Ukraine
D007328:Insulin