[A type behavior as a risk factor in siblings with diabetes mellitus].

The objective of the study was to investigate the prevalence of the "a" type behavior among close relatives (including siblings) of the subjects with diabetes mellitus. For this purpose there were examined 50 practically healthy siblings aged between 20 and 40, among them 27 (54%) females and 23 (46%) males. The method of the structural interview was applied. In addition to this, they were subjected to the tests of glucose tolerance. The considerable number of the siblings (46%) showed the "a" type behavior of various kinds, and 44% -- the disruption of glucose tolerance, which produces the preliminary conditions for the diabetes manifestations and gives us the grounds for applying further preventive activities.

[Behavioral risk factors in patients with diabetes mellitus type II].

Sixty patients with diabetes mellitus of the second type and thirty healthy persons were investigated. Structural interviews by Friedman, Rosenmann and Spilberger methods were conducted in all subjects. According to the results, out of four groups "0" group was related to the healthy subjects, who showed behavior of type "b". For the rest 1, 2, 3 groups, they reflected the pathological state of the "a" type behavior of various degrees. This type was documented in 90% of patients with diabetes mellitus. Severe "a" type behavior was mostly seen in males rather than in females that indicate to the males' deficiency in the development of the emotional sphere. These specific health aggravations are directly connected with the duration of the disease, its stage and emotional-expressive receptivity of the "a" type.