Circulating adiponectin and cardiovascular mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: evidence of sexual dimorphism

Conclusions: This is the first report showing that high circulating adiponectin predicts increased CV mortality in men, but not in women with type 2 diabetes. Further studies are necessary to unravel the mechanisms through which adiponectin influences CV mortality in a sex-specific manner.

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Source: Cardiovascular Diabetology - September 10, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Claudia MenzaghiMin XuLucia SalveminiConcetta De BonisGiuseppe PalladinoTao HuangMassimiliano CopettiYan ZhengYanping LiGrazia FiniFrank HuSimonetta BacciLu QiVincenzo Trischitta Source Type: research