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To correlate the serum levels of adiponectin with fasting and random blood sugars in diabetic and healthy individuals. Comparative cross sectional study. The study was carried out at the Department of physiology B.M.S.l. J.PM.C. in collaboration with Abassi Shaheed Hospital Karachi from August 2007 to July 2009. This study included total 100 subjects, 50 subjects with known case of Diabetes Mellitus and 50 normal healthy age and gender matched controls. A significant negative correlation [r = 0.65 and r = 0.80] [P<0.01] was found between fasting and random blood sugars and serum adiponectin in Diabetics. This suggests that higher levels of serum adiponectin may be protective against the development of Diabetes Mellitus
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To investigate the association between the development of coronary heart disease and serum levels of Adiponectin. It was a case control study done at the Department of Physiology Basic Medical Sciences Institute [BMSI] Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre [JPMC] in colaboration with Abassi Shaheed Hospital Karachi. The study included total 100 subjects, 50 subjects with angiographically confirmed coronary heart disease and 50 normal healthy age and gender matched controls. All the subjects were breifed about the the nature of the study and an informed concent were taken from all the recruits. Adiponectin serum concentration was found [7.1microL] in coronary disease patients, and the serum concentration of adiponectin in control subjects was [11.98 microL]