Comment on: Tsiakou et al. Arterial Stiffness Is Inversely Related to Plasma Adiponectin Levels in Young Normotensive Patients With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2013;36:734–736 | Zendy

Hidetaka Hamasaki | Zendy; Hidekatsu Yanai | Zendy

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Comment on: Tsiakou et al. Arterial Stiffness Is Inversely Related to Plasma Adiponectin Levels in Young Normotensive Patients With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2013;36:734–736

Author(s) -

Hidetaka Hamasaki,

Hidekatsu Yanai

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc13-1044

Subject(s) - adiponectin , medicine , arterial stiffness , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology , cardiology , blood pressure , insulin resistance

We read the article by Tsiakou et al. (1) with great interest. This study showed a negative association between plasma adiponectin concentrations and arterial stiffness in young type 1 diabetic patients without complications. However, we recently showed a positive association between plasma adiponectin concentrations and arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes (2). Adiponectin has anti-inflammatory and anti-atherosclerotic effects, and reduction of plasma adiponectin has been reported to contribute to …

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