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Anthropological approaches to the investigation of the problem of daibetes mellitus

Schuplova I.S., Bets L.V.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of biology, Department of anthropology, Leninskie Gory, 1, p.12, Moscow, 119991, Russia

Schuplova I.S., e-mail: irishansky1@yandex.ru; Bets L.V., e-mail: larisa-bez@yandex.ru

Abstract

This work is devoted to the investigation of men and women of two age groups (from 20 to 40 and from 41 to 60 and older years) that are ill with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus. 215 individuals are ill with Type 1 (106 women and 109 men) and 252 individuals are ill with Type 2 (137 women and 115 men). There is a vivid trend to higher values of fat and bony components in comparison to healthy people. We found clinical markers that could help to differentiate types of diabetes mellitus: the level of creatinin in blood serum, the level of common cholesterin and C-peptide. With the help of the anthropometrical investigation we found markers that characterize the type of diabetes mellitus: the length of a trunk, the length of an arm and the length of a neck. The analysis of the data of distribution levels of physical development revealed the distinct age-related dynamics in the increasing of body mass of patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is necessary to pay attention not only on the biochemical parameters, but also on the morphologic type of patients that will most accurately assess the nature of the carbohydrate disorders and understand their reasons.

Keywords

diabetes mellitus, marker, b-cells, C-peptide, length of a trunk, body mass

Цит.: Schuplova I.S., Bets L.V. Anthropological approaches to the investigation of the problem of daibetes mellitus // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2014; 2/2014; с. 56-64