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Low adiponectin level in young normotensive men with a family history of essential hypertension.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Feb 2005
Furuhashi Masato, Ura Nobuyuki, Higashiura Katsuhiro, Miyazaki Yoshinori, Murakami Hideyuki, Hyakukoku Masaya, Shimamoto Kazuaki
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Circulating level of adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived protein, is reduced in states of insulin resistance such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. We have previously shown that hypoadiponectinemia is related to insulin resistance in essential hypertension. Recent studies have shown that normotensive subjects with a positive family history of essential hypertension (FH+) have decreased insulin sensitivity compared to...
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