Leptin to high-molecular-weight adiponectin ratio is independently correlated with carotid intima-media thickness in men, but not in women

Biomarkers

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 340-344

  Takamura, Noboru ^a   Hayashida, Naomi ^a   Hagane, Kyoko ^a   Kadota, Koichiro ^a   Yamasaki, Hironori ^a   Abiru, Norio ^b   Ozono, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kamihira, Shimeru ^a   Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^a   Ishibashi, Kiyomi ^a   Nakazato, Mio ^a   Maeda, Takahiro ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Carotid intima media thickness; High molecular weight adiponectin

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADIPONECTIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77952497046     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: 13665804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13547501003735532     Document Type: Article

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