BACKGROUND Conflicting results regarding adiponectin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have been reported. To evaluate adiponectin levels in PCOS, a systematic review of all studies comparing adiponectin levels in women with PCOS with healthy controls and a meta-analysis of those involving women with similar body mass index (BMI) were performed. The influence of possible eff...

Key features of the metabolic syndrome are insulin resistance and diabetes. The liver as central metabolic organ is not only affected by the metabolic syndrome as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but may contribute to insulin resistance and metabolic alterations. We aimed to identify potential associations between liver injury markers and diabetes in the population-based Heinz Nixdorf...

BACKGROUND Adiponectin is shown to be inversely associated with development and progression of various cancers. We evaluated whether adiponectin level was associated with the prevalence and histological grade of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. METHODS A case-control study was conducted on 97 HCC patients (cases) and 97 pat...

AIMS To clarify predictive values of C-reactive protein (CRP) and high-molecular-weight (HMW) adiponectin for development of metabolic syndrome. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a prospective cohort study of Japanese workers who had participated in an annual health checkup in 2007 and 2011. A total of 750 subjects (558 men and 192 women, age 46±8 years) who had not met the criteria of...

PURPOSE To determine the associations between field-collected surrogates of adiposity and concentrations of resistin, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and adiponectin in youth. METHODS Cross-sectional data from 60 normal weight and 60 overweight adolescents, ages 10-14 years, were retrospectively examined. Body mass index (BMI) percentile, sum of subscapular and ...

Background and aimsAt the same BMI, Asian populations develop cardiometabolic complications earlier than Western populations. We hypothesized that a different secretion of adipocyte-derived hormones leptin adiponectin plays role investigated associations two with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in an Indonesian Dutch population.Methods resultsWe performed cross-sectional analyses Netherlands Epidemio...

background: the relationships between adiponectin and clinical outcomes in hemodialysis (hd) patients remain highly controversial. meanwhile, the association between adiponectin and the peripheral artery disease (pad) has not been well studied in hd patients without diabetic mellitus. materials and methods: the ankle-brachial index was measured in hd patients. adiponectin levels in 105 hd patie...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a low-grade chronic inflammation. This epidemic is growing in different age groups including adolescents. It is accompanied with a decrease in the age for incidence of obesity-related disorders. Chemerin, as a chemokine and stimulator of anti-inflammatory adiponectin, links immune system, adipose tissue and inflammation. It may be useful in predicting obesity in the hit ph...

OBJECTIVE Insulin resistance (IR) seems to be the main pathogenic factor in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Adiponectin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) are important in IR. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlations of osteocalcin, adiponectin, and TNF-α with IR in PCOS. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 60 women were divided into two groups. The first group constituted 4...

AIM to determine the level of different concentration of leptin, adiponectin and resistin among obesity class I and class II population. METHODS cross sectional study was conducted from June 2006 until January 2007 on 57 patients with obese diabetic and non diabetic Native Javanese. They were divided into obese class I (body mass index [BMI] >25 kg/m2 to <30 kg/m2) and obese class II (BMI >30...