Association of Resistin With Urinary Albumin Excretion in Nondiabetic Patients With Essential Hypertension | Zendy

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Association of Resistin With Urinary Albumin Excretion in Nondiabetic Patients With Essential Hypertension

Author(s) -

Costas Tsioufis,

Kyriakos Dimitriadis,

Maria Selima,

Antigoni Miliou,

Konstantinos Toutouzas,

Dimitris Roussos,

Elli Stefanadi,

D. Tousoulis,

I. Kallikazaros,

Christodoulos Stefanadis

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2010.34

Subject(s) - medicine , resistin , endocrinology , albumin , excretion , urinary system , microalbuminuria , albuminuria , essential hypertension , blood pressure , obesity , adiponectin , insulin resistance

Evidence suggests that resistin, a recently described protein, is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in different clinical settings. In this study, we investigated the relationship of increased resistin levels with urinary albumin excretion, expressed as the albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR), an established index of diffuse vascular damage, in hypertensives.

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