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Low serum adiponectin level is associated with central arterial stiffness in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis

OBJECTIVE: Adiponectin has antidiabetic, anti-atherosclerotic, and anti-inflammatory functions and protects against vascular damage. Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) is a noninvasive method for measuring central artery stiffness, which is known to be associated with cardiovascular disease...

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Autores principales: Chen, Ti-Kang, Pan, Yu-Chien, Wang, Chih-Hsien, Hou, Jia-Sian, Hsu, Bang-Gee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32955506
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_67_19