BACKGROUND Resistin is an adipocytokine, associated with obesity and inflammation. Its exact role in insulin resistance and diabetes in the general population is still controversial. The relation between resistin plasma levels, insulin resistance and risk of impaired glucose metabolism in OSA patients has not been investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS Plasma levels of resistin were measured in ...

BACKGROUND African Americans are more insulin resistant than are Whites. The purpose of this study was to characterize physiologic and psychological (stress coping style) correlates of insulin resistance in African Americans and Whites. METHODS We examined African American (n = 67) and White (n = 41) men and women aged 18-45 years with body mass index 18-35 kg/m2. We used the homeostasis mode...

conclusions: anthropometric, biochemical, and ultrasonographic findings showed significant differences among pcos subgroups. the pcos subgroups with regular menstrual cycles (ha+pco), had high insulin resistance (ir) and gonadotropic hormonal abnormalities, compared with the im+ha+pco subgroups and controls. results: the pcos subgroups with regular menstrual cycles (ha+pco), had more luteinizin...

the aim of this study was to determine the effect of resistance training for 10 weeks on muscle strength, lean body mass, serum myostatin, and insulin resistance in obese-overweight men. seventeen obsess-overweight men(age:=43.1±4.7 yr, body mass index = 29.1±2.17 kg/m2) participated in the study the subjects were randomly assigned to resistance training (n=9) and control (n=8) groups. resistan...

In order to investigate the identification index of drought resistance in the forage triticale seedlings, 30 triticales with different genotypes were identified by 20%–PEG6000. Results showed that responses of each gene to water stress were relatively obvious, water content decreased, the root-shoot ratio enhanced, and leaf curvature and root hyperplasied; There was significant difference among...

in order to study and determine the most effective traits, drought tolerance indices and identify tolerant genotypes in terminal drought stress on the cowpea, an experiment was carried out based on an augment design in two separate conditions in the karaj farm, faculty of agriculture, tehran university in 2009. drought stress was imposed by cutting irrigation after flowering against normal irri...

in order to comparison and determination of the best drought tolerance indices in sweet corn hybrids, an experiment was conducted using a randomized complete block design in split plot lay out with three replications at seed and plant improvement institute in karaj in 2006. three irrigation levels (irrigation after 75 as control, 100 and 125 millimeters cumulative evaporation from class a evapo...