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  • Title: Lower plasma adiponectin is a marker of increased intima-media thickness associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and with male gender.
    Author: Dullaart RP, de Vries R, van Tol A, Sluiter WJ.
    Journal: Eur J Endocrinol; 2007 Mar; 156(3):387-94. PubMed ID: 17322499.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: We tested the extent to which altered plasma adipokine levels may contribute to the increased carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and with male gender, independently of conventional cardiovascular risk factors, insulin resistance, and plasma C-reactive protein (CRP). DESIGN: IMT (mean of three segments of both carotid arteries by ultrasonography), insulin resistance (homeostasis model assessment; HOMA(ir)), plasma CRP, lipids, adiponectin, leptin, resistin, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were measured in 84 type 2 diabetic patients and 85 control subjects. RESULTS: In diabetic patients, IMT (P<0.001), mean arterial pressure (P<0.001), HOMA(ir) (P<0.001), plasma CRP (P=0.003), triglycerides (P=0.037), leptin (P=0.023), resistin (P=0.003), and TNF-alpha (P=0.003) levels were higher, whereas high-density lipoproteins (HDL) cholesterol (P<0.001) and adiponectin (P<0.001) levels were lower compared with control subjects. Plasma adiponectin (P<0.001) and leptin (P<0.001) were substantially lower in men than in women. IMT was positively and independently associated with age (P<0.001), diabetes (P=0.049), and male gender (P=0.002) in a multivariate regression model, not including other variables. Further analyses showed that IMT was positively related to age (P<0.001) and plasma triglycerides (P=0.038) and negatively to adiponectin (P<0.001), without independent effects of diabetes, gender, and HOMA(ir). CONCLUSIONS: Increased IMT in type 2 diabetes may in part be explained by lower plasma adiponectin and higher triglycerides, but not by leptin, resistin, and TNF-alpha. The gender effect on IMT is related to lower plasma adiponectin.
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