In patients with untreated essential hypertension, adiponectin levels are independently and inversely associated with aortic pulse wave velocity, suggesting a protective role against arterial stiffness.
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Adiponectin may mark lower arterial stiffness in untreated hypertension; hypothesis-generating and leaves causal or therapeutic implications open.
MAHMUD et al. (2005) studied this question.
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