Interpretation of blood apelin level across different clinical pictures of diabetes mellitus

We read with interest the article by A. Noori-Zadeh et al. about blood apelin levels in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) [1]. The authors reported a meta-analysis that patients with T2DM have higher circulating apelin concentrations. The study is interesting, but we needed to acknowledge some comments regarding the design of the work, data analyses and interpretation of the results.

Source: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice - February 22, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Musa Baris Aykan, Ilker Tasci Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research