Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Chemerin is a novel adipokine that is correlated with adipocyte differentiation, glucose metabolism and inflammation, but its role remains to be elucidated in atherosclerosis particularly in diabetes and prediabetes. We aimed to investigate the relation of serum chemerin levels with markers of atherosclerosis as exemplified by pulse wave velocity (PWV), carotid intima media thickness (CIMT), and carotid plaque presence in these groups.Metho...