Is serum adiponectin independently associated with the metabolic syndrome in Hong Kong , Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome?
Serum adiponectin is independently associated with the metabolic syndrome in Chinese women with PCOS. Further longitudinal follow-up studies are needed to determine whether serum adiponectin adds to the prediction of long-term cardiometabolic morbidity conferred by age, BMI and measures of insulin resistance.
Erythronium americanum fixed more C under elevated than under ambient CO2 conditions, but produced plants of similar size. The similar bulb growth rates under both CO2 concentrations suggest that the bulb filling rate is dependant on bulb cell elongation rate, rather than on C availability. Elevated CO2 stimulated leaf and bulb respiratory rates; this might reduce feed-back inhibition of photosynthesis and avoid inducing premature leaf senescence.