Adiponectin and vascular properties in obese patients: Is it a novel biomarker of early atherosclerosis

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 553-558

  Shargorodsky, M ^a,b   Boaz, M ^a   Goldberg, Y ^a,b   Matas, Z ^a   Gavish, D ^a,b   Fux, A ^a   Wolfson, N ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Arterial elasticity; Insulin resistance; Intima media thickness; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADIPONECTIN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BEZAFIBRATE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPONECTIN; AGED; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 67349156680     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.37     Document Type: Article

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