Abstracts tagged "Adipokines and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 564 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Adiponectin and Body Composition in a Group of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Relationship Between Disease Parameters
PINAR BORMAN^1,2, Seçil Vural³, Seher Kocaoglu⁴, Damla Dedebayraktar⁵, Sümeyra Öteleş⁵, Pelin Bilgiç⁵ and Hatice Sürer⁶, ¹Dept of PMR, University of Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Dept of PMR, University of Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey, ³Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Department of 1st Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Health Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ⁵Dept of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey, ⁶Dept of Biochemistry, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) tend to have impaired distribution of adipose tissue and may have the risks of metabolic complications (1,2). The aim…