PLASMA-LIPID ABNORMALITIES AND RISK-FACTORS FOR CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE IN JAPANESE SUBJECTS WITH DIABETES-MELLITUS AND GLUCOSE-INTOLERANCE

We evaluated the plasma lipid levels of 3163 subjects including subjec ts with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), insulin-depen dent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and n ormal glucose tolerance. Furthermore, we performed 100 g oral glucose tolerance tests on 2113 subjects, and analyzed the relationships of ri sk factors for coronary artery disease to glucose intolerance. Mean pl asma cholesterol and triglyceride levels were highest in NIDDM (213 mg /dl and 148 mg/dl), and plasma HDL-cholesterol level was lowest in IGT and NIDDM (42 mg/dl), as compared to those in normal subjects (choles terol, 200 mg/dl; triglycerides, 109 mg/dl; HDL-cholesterol, 52 mg/dl) . Multiple regression analysis demonstrated a significant relationship of either blood pressure, plasma triglyceride or HDL cholesterol leve l to plasma insulin and glucose response after glucose loading.