The association of adiponectin with metabolic syndrome and clinical outcome in patients with non-diabetic chronic kidney disease.

Adiponectin is the most abundant circulating adipokine, and it has insulin-sensitizing and anti-inflammatory properties. Although it has been speculated that kidney function decline associated with elevated adiponectin is attributable to decreased renal clearance and compensatory responses to adipon...

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Main Authors: I-Ching Kuo, Ping-Hsun Wu, Hugo You-Hsien Lin, Sheng-Wen Niu, Jiun-Chi Huang, Chi-Chih Hung, Yi-Wen Chiu, Hung-Chun Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220158