Spexin Levels Are Associated with Metabolic Syndrome Components.

Nasser M Al-DaghriAmal AlenadHazim Al-HazmiOsama E AmerSyed Danish HussainMajed S Alokail

Published in: Disease markers (2018)

Lower circulating levels of SPX in adults are modestly associated with components of MetS and are sex-specific. Further studies are necessary to determine whether SPX is associated with harder outcomes such as atherosclerosis and diabetes in the general population.

Keyphrases

metabolic syndrome
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
glycemic control
insulin resistance
skeletal muscle
weight loss