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ea0037ep571 | Obesity and cardiovascular endocrinology | ECE2015

Adiponectin response to vegetarian diet is gender-dependent and inversely related to uric acid

Lovrencic Marijana Vucic , Kosuta Iva , Geric Marko , Gajski Goran , Vrhovac Verica Garaj

Introduction: Beneficial influence of vegetarian dietary habits in reducing common risk factors of metabolic syndrome has been recently evidenced. However, adiponectin production and secretion has been scarcely studied in vegetarians, despite its important potential in recovering metabolic homeostasis by reducing inflammation and insulin resistance.The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of vegetarian diet on serum adiponectin levels and it&#...