Circulating adiponectin levels are lower in Latino versus non-Latino white patients at risk for cardiovascular disease, independent of adiposity measures

BACKGROUND: Latinos in the United States have a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes than non-Latino whites, even after controlling for adiposity. Decreased adiponectin is associated with insulin resistance and predicts T2DM, and therefore may mediate this ethnic difference. We compared total and hi...

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Autores principales: Pereira, Rocio I, Wang, Cecilia CL, Hosokawa, Patrick, Dickinson, L Miriam, Chonchol, Michel, Krantz, Mori J, Steiner, John F, Bessesen, Daniel H, Havranek, Edward P, Long, Carlin S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21736747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-11-13

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