[HTML][HTML] Adherence to healthy eating patterns is associated with higher circulating total and high-molecular-weight adiponectin and lower resistin concentrations in …

JL Fargnoli, TT Fung, DM Olenczuk… - The American journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Background: Adherence to a healthy dietary pattern, such as the Alternate Healthy Eating
Index (AHEI), is associated with a lower risk of diabetes and atherosclerosis. Objective: We
aimed to determine whether adherence to the AHEI is associated with higher plasma total
and high-molecular-weight (HMW) adiponectin concentrations and lower concentrations of
resistin, as well as biomarkers of inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and insulin
resistance. Design: The study evaluated 1922 women from the Nurses' Health Study (62% of …