Serum vaspin concentration in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and macrovascular complications

Abstract Background Adipose tissue, an endocrine organ of the body, is involved in some obesity-related disease states such as insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, and atherosclerosis. Vaspin is a novel adipocyte with insulin sensitizing effects. In this study, we planned to estimate serum vaspin...

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Main Authors: Wei Yang, Yun Li, Tian Tian, Li Wang, Pearl Lee, Qi Hua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12902-017-0216-0