Zhang Ji-dong, Qiao Yun, Wu Chuan-long
Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012.
Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi. 2004 May;24(5):408-10.
To study the correlation of insulin resistance (IR) with TCM syndrome type and activity of fibrinolytic system in patients with coronary arterial disease (CAD).
One hundred and twelve CAD patients were classified according to TCM Syndrome into 4 types, the Xin-blood stasis (XBS) type, the phelgm blocking Xin-channel (PBXC) type, the Qi-insufficiency with blood stasis (QIBS) type and the both Qi-Yin deficiency (QYD) type. Patients' fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting blood insulin (FIns) were measured, the insulin sensitive index (ISI) calculated. Data were compared between various types, also with those obtained from 30 healthy persons in the control group respectively. Moreover, activity of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and content of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) were determined in 90 patients selected from the 112 to conduct linear correlation analysis of IR with t-PA activity and PAI-1 content.
FBG and FIns levels in the CAD patients were higher than those in the healthy control significantly (P < 0.01); ISI in the 4 syndrome type of CAD patients were all lower than that in the control (P < 0.01). IR existed in all the 4 types, but the level in the XBS type and the PBXC type was more severe than in the other two types. Correlation analysis showed that IR was correlated with t-PA activity and PAI-1 content (P < 0.01).
IR often exists in CAD patients, the severity of IR varies in patients of different TCM syndrome types, and IR is correlated with the abnormality of fibrinolytic system activity.
