In contrast, in obese patients, resistin correlated with key components that correlate vascular risk parameters to the development of atherosclerosis: platelet number and volumes (MPV), serum and platelet P-selectin, fibrinogen, PAI-1 ag (plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 antigen), and PMPs (platelet-derived microparticles [16, 46, 74]). Here, RETN is linked to atherosclerosis.