Association between resistin levels and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a new study and a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Studies concerning the association between circulating resistin and mortality risk have reported, so far, conflicting results.To investigate the association between resistin and both all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality risk by 1) analyzing data from the Gargano Heart Study (GHS) prospective...

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Main Authors: Andrea Fontana, Sara Spadaro, Massimiliano Copetti, Belinda Spoto, Lucia Salvemini, Patrizia Pizzini, Lucia Frittitta, Francesca Mallamaci, Fabio Pellegrini, Vincenzo Trischitta, Claudia Menzaghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4368155?pdf=render