We explored the characteristics of the
vitamin status in 471 patients with
cardiovascular diseases, according to sex, and BMI values. All patients underwent examination of the system Nutritest-IP: studying their actual meals at home, determined anthropometric measurement, body composition, using biochemical methods evaluated the state of the
protein,
lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, the functional state of liver and biliary tract, hemostasis,
vitamin provision. The results suggest a lack of availability of patients with
vitamins C and B group. The number of patients with deficient serum
beta-carotene increased proportional to body mass index. The concentration of
beta-carotene decreased and
vitamin E - increased in blood serum proportionally to increase the degree of
obesity. Thus the availability of
vitamins in the blood serum depends from sex and body mass index values of the patients. These data suggest that the rate of supply of
vitamins are reliable markers to assess the adequacy of the diet consumed by the content of
vitamins in people with normal body weight. Appraisingly the content of
beta-carotene and
vitamin E in the serum of patients it should be taken into account that they have
overweight or obese, and abnormality of
lipid spectrum of blood serum.