Abstract:Background: The physiological role of adiponectin is not yet fully clear, but it is now generally accepted that it has a protective role against the development of lifestyle disorders, related to insulin resistance and atherosclerosis. Insulin resistance is one of the basic defects of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and adiponectin is inversely associated with T2DM. As serum adiponectin level has not yet been investigated in Bangladeshi T2DM subjects,so that the present study has been under taken to find out the associ… Show more
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