Association between adropin and intima-to-media thickness in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes

Abstract

Katedra za interne i profesionalne bolesti, Harkov nacionalni medicinski univerzitet, Harkov, Ukrajina pathology-type 2 diabetes mellitus, the main causes of which are obesity, associated insulin resistance (IR) and dyslipidemia (1). The combined course of hypertension and 2TDM has a mutually aggravating pattern and it is associated with a high risk of microvascular complications and cardiovascular disease (CVD) development (2).