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Association of Admission Serum Resistin Level with Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Iraqi Patients | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-96 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Dheyaa J.Kadhim; Kassim J.Al-Shamma; Adeeb G. Hussein | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Human resistin is an adipokine, with a possible link to coronary heart disease.A few studies were done about resistin in acute phase of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) especially in Iraqi patients. Accordingly we design a study to investigate the association between resistin concentration and acute phase of STEMI in Iraqi patients. The present study was carried out at Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital from December 2011 until June 2012. Serum resistin levels were measured in 50 patients with acute STEMI (mean age: 58.16 ± 11.73 years) at the first 12 hours of admission and 34 normal controls (mean age: 53.98 ± 15.46 years) matched for age, sex and other risk factors. Resistin level in patients with acute STEMI (13.08 ng/mL) was significantly higher than that of the control group (5.31 ng/mL) (p < 0.0001). The study revealed a significant negative correlation between serum resistin level and serum adiponectin level among patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Resistin; acute ST; segment elevation myocardial infarction; adipokines | ||
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