FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: for the purpose of diagnosing metabolic compensation disturbances and predicting a risk of developing complications in the patients suffering type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM), peripheral venous blood is examined for a percentage of apoptotic lymphocytes An+/Pl-. The lymphocyte An+/Pl- value below 3.5 % enables diagnosing a condition of carbohydrate metabolism compensation and predicting a favourable clinical course of the disease for the following year. The lymphocyte An/PI- content within the range 3.5 to 6% provides diagnosing a condition of subcompensation and a moderate risk of developing complications. The An+/Pl- value exceeding 6 % described a condition of decompensation and a high risk of developing chronic complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
EFFECT: higher accuracy of prediction and reduction of the risk of developing complications in diabetic patients.
4 ex
