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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2023

Irisin, in women and men: blood pressure, heart rate, obesity and insulin resistance.

Delia Almeida González, María Del Cristo Rodríguez-Pérez, Manuel Fuentes Ferrer, Francisco Javier Cuevas Fernández, Itahisa Marcelino Rodríguez, Antonio Cabrera de León

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Protective role of irisin on bone in osteoporosis: a systematic review of rodent studies.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Delia Almeida GonzálezImmunology Section, Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain.
María Del Cristo Rodríguez-PérezResearch Unit, Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital and Primary Care, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Manuel Fuentes FerrerResearch Unit, Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital and Primary Care, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Francisco Javier Cuevas FernándezBarranco Grande Health Center, Primary Care, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain.
Itahisa Marcelino RodríguezPublic Health and Preventive Medicine Department, La Laguna University, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Antonio Cabrera de LeónResearch Unit, Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital and Primary Care, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria · ESHospiten Group · ESUniversidad de La Laguna · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Irisin is a myokine that increases with leisure time physical activity (LTPA) and for which a cardiovascular protective role has been postulated. Our aim was to assess this role in the general population. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was performed in a large randomly selected population sample (n=2298 women and 1529 men). Apart from age and sex, we record anthropometrics (blood pressure, heart rate, obesity), lifestyle (LTPA, smoking, alcohol), and biochemical measurements (irisin, lipid profile, insulin resistance). Correlations and regression multivariate models were used to analyze the association of irisin levels with the studied factors. Results: The variables more strongly and directly associated with irisin, adjusting the studied factors separately in women and men, were HOMA-2 (p=0.043 and p=0.001, respectively) and LTPA (p<0.001 and p=0.001, respectively). Also heart rate inversely (p=0.005 and p=0.002, respectively) and DBP directly (p<0.005 and p=0.045, respectively) were associated to irisin in both sexes. The waist/height ratio (p<0.001) was inversely associated to irisin only in women, and the alcohol drinking was directly associated (p=0.029) only in men. Conclusion: We provide new findings for irisin, such as its association with DBP and with heart rate; furthermore, in women irisin is associated to abdominal obesity, and in men is associated to the alcohol intake. We also corroborate the association of irisin with LTPA and insulin resistance. The associations detected point towards a protective role of irisin in the maintenance of cardiometabolic health.

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Insulin ResistanceBlood PressureCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFibronectinsHeart RateHumansMaleObesityFibronectinsblood pressureheart rateinsulin resistanceirisinobesity

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PMID37448465
PMCPMC10338052
OpenAlexW4382397074

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