Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Avicenna Journal of Medical Biochemistry 2345-4113 2 2 2014 12 01 Association Between Omentin, Visfatin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 in Women With Metabolic Syndrome 4 25184 10.17795/ajmb-25184 EN Mohammad Taghi Goodarzi Shiva Borzuei Azam Rezaei Farimani Maryam Sohrabi Journal Article 10.17795/ajmb-25184 2014 11 07 2014 12 12 Background: Adipokines that are produced by adipose tissue have extensive effects on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism and also on the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). Materials and Methods: Eighty women with MetS and eighty healthy women as controls participated in this study. Blood pressure, waist circumference, body mass index (BMI), and serum biochemical parameters were determined in all subjects. The serum level of IGF-1, omentin-1 and visfatin were assessed using the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The association between omentin, visfatin and IGF-1 was also determined in these women.