Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Kobylyansky, V.I.

Klinicheskaia Meditsina 94(6): 405-410

2016


ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149
PMID: 30289656
Document Number: 690229
The literature data and our own experience suggest that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can be an important risk factor of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The relationship between these two condition is virtually unexplored and pathogenteic mechanisms behind it remain unclear. There are reasons to attribute an important role to insulin resistance as one of the leading mechanisms. It is in the focus of the present work.

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