Relationship of leptin-to-adiponectin ratio with carotid intima-media thickness(IMT)in patients with type 2 diabetes / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the relationship of serum leptin,adiponectin concentrations and leptin/adiponectin ratio to carotid intima-media thickness(IMT)in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitius.Methods Serum levels of adiponectin and leptin in 121 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitius were measured by specific monoclonal antibody-based amplified ELISAs;carotid intima-media thickness(IMT)were measured using B-mode ultrasound in 121 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitius.The patients with type 2 diabetes mellitius were subdivided into control groups(IMT