Adiponectin, leptin, interleukin-6 and HbA1c in the prediction of incident type 2 diabetes: A nested case–control study in Asian Indian men with impaired glucose tolerance. Issue 2 (August 2015) - Vinitha, Ramachandran
Highlights Adipokines are known to be involved in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Association of adipokines with T2DM in isolation and combination with HbA1c studied. Levels of adiponectin were lower and IL6 were higher in T2DM compared with normal. The addition of adiponectin to HbA1c improved the area-under-curve to predict T2DM. Combination of adiponectin and IL-6 did not improve the prediction over HbA1c alone.