Autor: |
Itahisa Marcelino-Rodríguez, Delia Almeida Gonzalez, José Juan Alemán-Sánchez, Buenaventura Brito Díaz, María Del Cristo Rodríguez Pérez, Fadoua Gannar, Santiago Domínguez Coello, Francisco J Cuevas Fernández, Antonio Cabrera de León |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2017 |
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Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 8, p e0182493 (2017) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0182493 |
Popis: |
Resistin is a cytokine related with inflammation and ischemic heart disease. Physical activity (PA) prevents chronic inflammation and ischemic heart disease. We studied the relationship of serum concentration of resistin with HDL cholesterol, a known biomarker of PA, and with different measures of PA, in a large sample of the general adult population in the Canary Islands.Cross-sectional study of 6636 adults recruited randomly. We analyzed the correlation of resistin and HDL cholesterol with PA (as metabolic equivalent level [MET]), and fitted the results with linear and logistic regression models using adjustment for age, alcohol consumption and smoking.Mean resistin level was higher in women (p |
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