Adiponectin and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in the Northern Manhattan Study | Zendy

Hannah Gardener | Zendy; Charlotte Sjoberg | Zendy; Milita Crisby | Zendy; Ronald Goldberg | Zendy; Armando J. Mendez | Zendy; Clinton B. Wright | Zendy; Mitchell S.V. Elkind | Zendy; Ralph L. Sacco | Zendy; Tatjana Rundek | Zendy

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Adiponectin and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in the Northern Manhattan Study

Author(s) -

Hannah Gardener,

Charlotte Sjoberg,

Milita Crisby,

Ronald Goldberg,

Armando J. Mendez,

Clinton B. Wright,

Mitchell S.V. Elkind,

Ralph L. Sacco,

Tatjana Rundek

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.111.641761

Subject(s) - adiponectin , medicine , intima media thickness , quartile , cohort , diabetes mellitus , tunica media , demographics , cardiology , risk factor , endocrinology , insulin resistance , carotid arteries , demography , confidence interval , sociology

Adiponectin is an insulin-sensitizing plasma protein expressed in adipose tissue and suggested to play a role in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Data are lacking on the relationship between adiponectin and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in ethnically heterogeneous populations. We examined the relationship between adiponectin and IMT, a marker of atherosclerosis, in a multiethnic cohort study of stroke risk factors.

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