Leptin : adiponectin ratio as an atherosclerotic index in patients with type 2 diabetes : relationship of the index to carotid intima-media thickness

Diabetologia. 2005 Dec;48(12):2684-6. doi: 10.1007/s00125-005-0015-4. Epub 2005 Nov 1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adiponectin / blood*
  • Aged
  • Aging
  • Atherosclerosis / blood*
  • Atherosclerosis / pathology
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Blood Pressure / physiology
  • Body Mass Index
  • Carotid Arteries / pathology*
  • Carotid Arteries / physiopathology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / blood*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / pathology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / therapy
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / blood
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / pathology
  • Diet, Diabetic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leptin / blood*
  • Male
  • Pulse
  • Regression Analysis
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sulfonylurea Compounds / therapeutic use
  • Tunica Intima / pathology*
  • Tunica Intima / physiopathology

Substances

  • Adiponectin
  • Biomarkers
  • Leptin
  • Sulfonylurea Compounds