Studies have also reported higher resistin levels in patients with acute myocardial injury in conjunction with diabetes as compared to non-diabetics25, while higher serum levels of resistin were elevated in patients with HF24 and demonstrated to be a predictor of the presence and severity of coronary artery disease26 and positively related to the severity and incidents of HF hospitalization20,22. This evidence concerns the gene RETN and hydrops fetalis.