To study blood insulin level in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) with and without metabolic syndrome (MS) and its relation to cardiovascular risk factors.
We examined 127 patients with stable coronary heart disease (mean age 59.4 ± 5.7 yr) including 63 with MS and 64 without it. The control group consisted of 80 practically healthy subjects. Bloods insulin was determined by immunochemoluminescence, glycated hemoglobin (HbA,) by immunoturbidimetry, total cholesterol, HDLP cholesterol and triglycerides by enzymatic colorimetric method, oxidized LDLP IL-l, IL-6, and tunour necrosis factor-a by enzyme immunoassay. The degree of depression was estimated using the Zung scale.
Blood insulin level in healthy subjects, CHD patients with and without MS was 6.3 (6.20;6.62), 15.5 (13.96, 16.3) and 9.5 (9.2, 10.1) mcIE/ml respectively (p