Adiponectin

Women with menopause onset before age 45 years were more likely to develop incident heart failure regardless of serum adipokine levels, according to study findings published in Menopause.

Six biomarkers were associated with baseline and treatment-associated changes in arterial inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and could be used to predict CVD risk in that population, researchers reported.

A registry analysis of Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes suggests that a higher concentration of circulating adiponectin, a protein typically associated with reduced cardiovascular risk, is associated with incident cancer and cancer-related mortality, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

A cohort of youths with obesity and type 2 diabetes who initiated insulin therapy experienced highly variable HbA1c outcomes, with greater insulin sensitivity and higher adiponectin levels associated with improved glycemic response, according to an analysis of the TODAY study.