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Adiponectin and Clinical Blind Spots

Why the most abundant hormone you’ve never heard of might be the key to the South Asian metabolic puzzle.

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Omar Saleem, MD
Dec 29, 2025
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Adiponectin attached at the larger adipocyte.

On the Substack, we’ve spent the last few weeks building out a map of the South Asian metabolic phenotype with beta cells, ghrelin, mitochondrial efficiency, genotypes.

Today we add another layer: adiponectin.

You’ll need some chai for this as this will be the most in-depth piece we have done so far.

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