Diabetes Mellitus Has an Additional Effect on Coronary Artery Disease. To Decrease Plasma Adiponectin Levels

We investigated whether plasma levels of adiponectin in patients with both coronary artery disease (CAD) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are lower than in patients with CAD alone. We examined plasma adiponectin levels in 113 patients, 82 with CAD (40 of whom had both CAD and type 2 DM) and 31 normal controls. We found differences in plasma adiponectin levels between CAD patients with and without DM (7.8 +/- 4.75 versus 12.1 +/- 6.87 microg/mL, P =...