METHOD OF SELECTING DRUG THERAPY OF ATHEROGENIC DYSLIPIDEMIA IN CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS WITH ABDOMINAL-VISCERAL OBESITY Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61B5/107 A61K36/28 A61P3/04 A61P3/06 G01N33/48 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to pediatrics, and can be used for selection of drug therapy of atherogenic dyslipidemia in children and teenagers with abdominal-visceral obesity. For this purpose index of body weight (IBW) is determined. By results of blood serum lipidogram calculation of atherogenity index (AI) is performed. If IBW is higher than 90-th percentile set for said age group, and AI level is from 2 to 4 including anthropometric parameter - sagittal diameter of abdomen (SDA) is additionally measured. If SDA index equals or is higher than 24.0 cm, state is estimated as requiring drug therapy with chophytol.

EFFECT: method ensures increase of drug therapy efficiency and reduction of risk of early development of atherosclerosis in said group of patients due to possibility of fast and objective determination of degree of expression of risk of early atherosclerosis development, individualisation of indications for drug therapy and its early administration.

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