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Research from University of Glasgow, Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Center yields new data on heart disease epidemiology

Published in Hematology Week, June 16th, 2008

Current study results from the report, 'High molecular weight adiponectin is not associated with incident coronary heart disease in older women: a nested prospective case-control study,' have been published. According to recent research published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, "Adiponectin levels appear weakly linked to incident vascular disease, but the high molecular weight (HMW) fraction may be more relevant. Our objective was to test whether HMW adiponectin, the key biologically active fraction, is linked to incident coronary heart disease (CHD) events."

"AND MEASURES: We assessed the association between HMW adiponectin (measured by...

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