Diabetes

Findings from University of Science and Technology Advance Knowledge in Diabetes

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 7th, 2011

2011 MAR 7 -- "- The aim of this case-control study was to assess the relationship between resistin levels and obesity and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic patients. - The study involved a sample of the Jordanian population that included 140 type 2 diabetic patients and 125 control subjects," investigators in Irbid, Jordan report.

"- Serum resistin levels were higher in type 2 diabetic patients compared with the controls (P < 0.01). Markers of adiposity [body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC)] and insulin resistance, as well as fasting blood glucose, glycated haemoglobin, urea and blood pressure were considerably higher among the studied...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2011-03-07)

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