Relationship of Serum Resistin Level to Traits of Metabolic Syndrome and Serum Paraoxonase 1 Activity in a Population with a Broad Range of Body Mass Index

Abstract

Among the study subjects, serum levels of resistin showed a positive, although not independent correlation with serum PON1, and a negative correlation with numerous parameters of the metabolic syndrome (i.e. adiposity, blood pressure, levels of leptin, free fatty acid, glycosylated hemoglobin, and lipid peroxidation). BMI and TBARS are independent predictors of PON1 activity.