Research Article

Plasma Adiponectin and Its Correlation with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Obesity and in Type 2 Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Table 4

Correlation between plasma adiponectin and CIMT in patients with nonalcoholic liver disease.

Adiponectin
NAFLD + obeseNAFLD + T2DM

CIMTr−0.243−0.032
value0.0150.753

CIMT, carotid intima-media thickness; NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; r, spearman correlation coefficient; is statistically significant\.