Vol. 32 (3) 2011 Neuro endocrinology letters

Serum resistin concentrations are associated with HbA1c in obese non-diabetics, but not in obese diabetics: a cross-sectional human study.

OBJECTIVE: Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and resistin may be influenced by diabetes, but their associations remain unclear. We hypothesized that serum resistin might be parallel to Hb1c.

DESIGN AND SETTING: We measured serum resistin in 134 obese non-diabetic (73 women and 61 men), and 65 obese diabetic (33 wom.....