[Changes in the quality of hormones in blood plasma and ischemic heart disease risk factors in 40--59-year-old men]

Abstract

Testosterone, estradiol, hydrocortisone, total cholesterol, triglycerides, cholesterol of alpha-lipoproteins (alpha-CS) were estimated in blood plasma of 124 40--59 years old men examined in the course of an epidemyolodical study (representative selection). Content of insulin was estimated in 112 persons and of growth hormone--in 102 persons. Disbalance of steroid hormones (decrease in alpha-CS) was observed in men with one factor of risk of heart ischemic impairment. Occurrence of two factors of risk of heart ischemic impairment--hypertriglyceridemia and decrease in alpha-CS--was related not only to disbalance of steroid hormones but also to alteration in the ratio of protein hormones--insulin and growth hormone.