[Assessment of postload glycemic curves in the prediction of carbohydrate metabolic disturbances in patients with bronchial asthma].

The sensitivity and responses to exogenous insulin were studied in 78 patients with bronchial asthma. The study identified 6 types of postinsulin blood glucose concentration curves that reflected hormonal control impairments of different phases. Decreased insulin sensitivity, a delayed biological effect, and insulin resistance may serve as the early predictors of carbohydrate metabolic disturbances and severe metabolic pathology.