%0 Journal Article %T Cross-sectional correlates of increased IL-18 but reduced fetuin-A and oxytocin with adiposity and blood indices in metabolic syndrome patients with and without prediabetes %A Amal Akour %A Esraa Shawakri %A Ibrahim Al-Sarraf %A Jameel Bzour %A Nahla Khawaja %A Randa Naffa %A Violet Kasabri %J Archive of "Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism". %D 2018 %R 10.1177/2042018818788802 %X Oxytocin (OXT), fetuin-A and interleukin-18 (IL-18) are involved in the development and progression of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and prediabetes (pre/T2DM) %K adiposity indices %K atherogenicity indices %K fetuin-A %K haematological indices %K interleukin-18 %K metabolic syndrome %K oxytocin %K type 2 diabetes mellitus %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6266239/