GIP and Abnormal renal physiology: When all of the adipokines linked to impaired renal function in people with DLP were included in the multivariate regression analysis, it was discovered that an increase in resistin of 1 mcg/mL was linked to a 0.2% greater likelihood of having renal dysfunction and a 1.1% increase in the likelihood of experiencing renal impairment was linked to a rise in GIP levels (Table 6).