A further analysis of DM patients revealed that the serum level of adiponectin was moderately correlated with the levels of total cholesterol (rho=0.444; p=0.014) and LDL cholesterol (rho=0.443; p=0.014) and that the level of resistin was correlated with that of triglycerides (rho=0.400; p=0.029). This evidence concerns the gene RETN and dermatomyositis.