摘要：DYSLIPIDEMIA IS ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS OF INITIATION, PROGRESSION AND COMPLICATION OFTHE ATHEROSCLEROSIS PROCESS, BEING AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR ASSOCIATED WITHINCREASED CARDIOVASCULAR MORBIDITY AND MORTALITYBEFORE REACHING DIABETES, IT WAS FOUND THAT A MAJORITY OF PATIENTS HAD A PREDIABETICPHASE. STATISTICS SHOW THAT ABOUT 30% OF ROMANIANS ARE IN THE PREDIABETIC PHASE, WITH ORWITHOUT RISK, THAT IN THE COMING YEARS THEY WILL EVOLVE TO DIABETES ITSELF.THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE PREVALENCE OF PREDIABETES, DYSLIPIDEMIAAND TO ESTABLISH CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE PRESENCE OF DYSLIPIDEMIC RISK FACTORS ANDTHE PRESENCE OF PREDIABETES.THE STUDY GROUP CONSISTED OF 289 PATIENTS, WITH 141 MEN AND 148 WOMEN PARTICIPATING INTHIS DESCRIPTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.ALTERATIONS IN LIPID METABOLISM ARE COMMON IN PREDIABETIC PATIENTS. DYSLIPIDEMIA WASFOUND IN APPROXIMATELY EQUAL PROPORTIONS IN BOTH WOMEN AND MEN.DYSLIPIDEMIA AND PREDIABETES ARE OFTEN PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME IN A PERSON.
