A lower serum level of middle-molecular-weight adiponectin is a risk factor for endometrial cancer.

Background: The present study was undertaken to examine the correlation between serum levels of adiponectin isoforms and the risk for endometrial cancer.

Methods: This retrospective case-control study included 43 Japanese women with endometrial cancer and 62 Japanese women with no history of cancer. Serum levels of total adiponectin and the respective isoforms were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Preoperative high N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide level can predict the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation following off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

Objective: N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) is one of the biomarkers, increased by myocardial ischemia or subsequent, burdened wall stress. The aim of this study was to assess if NT-pro-BNP can predict the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB).

Methods: NT-pro-BNP was measured preoperatively in 100 OPCAB patients without preoperative AF.