Cardiovascular disease (CV) is the most common cause of premature mortality in patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This is the result of an accelerated atherosclerotic process …

Diet and nutrition may be important modifiable risk factors for the development, progression
and management of obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a complex metabolic disease that is caused by insulin resistance
and β-cell dysfunction. Furthermore, type 2 diabetes has an evident genetic component and …

Adiponectin (Acrp30) exerts protective functions on metabolic and cellular processes as
energy metabolism, cell proliferation and differentiation by two widely expressed receptors …

Type 2 diabetes results from the inability of beta cells to increase insulin secretion
sufficiently to compensate for insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is thought to result mainly …

Aims/hypothesis The associations between adiponectin polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes
have been studied widely; however, results are inconsistent. Methods We searched …

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease
which may be complicated by development of co-morbidities including metabolic disorders …

It is now recognized that the low-grade inflammation observed with obesity is associated
with the development of a wide range of downstream complications. As such, there is …

Objective: While many studies have shown an association between the gene coding for
adiponectin (ADIPOQ) and adiponectin levels, much more controversy surrounds its …

Background Growing body of evidence suggest the association between SNP− 11377 C> G
and SNP+ 276 G> T polymorphisms of adiponectin gene with type 2 diabetes (T2D) …