Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationship between serum irisin and adiponectin (APN) levels and carotid atherosclerosis.Methods A total of 124 H-type hypertension patients admitted to our hospital from January 2020 to January 2022 were included as the study group, while 112 healthy individuals undergoing health checkup in our hospital during the same period were selected as the control group. Serum levels of irisin and APN in the two groups were compared, and the influencing factors for carotid atherosclerotic plaque formation was analyzed in H-type hypertension patients. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the value of serum irisin and APN levels in predicting carotid atherosclerotic plaque formation.Results The serum levels of irisin and APN in the study group were lower than those in the control group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in sex composition, age, body mass index, history of smoking and alcohol consumption, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, blood pressure control and levels of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, nitric oxide, uric acid, creatinine, and endothelin between patients with plaque formation and those without plaque formation (P > 0.05). The serum levels of triglyceride and homocysteine in patients with plaque formation were higher than those in patients without plaque formation (P < 0.05), while serum levels of irisin and APN were lower in patients with plaque formation than in those without plaque formation (P < 0.05). Multivariable Logistic regression analysis showed that serum levels of homocysteine [O^R = 4.415, (95% CI: 1.817, 10.730) ], irisin [O^R = 4.027, (95% CI: 1.657, 9.787) ], and APN [O^R = 3.165, (95% CI: 1.302, 7.691) ] were risk factors for carotid atherosclerotic plaque formation in H-type hypertension patients (P > 0.05). ROC curve analysis revealed that the optimal cut-off points of serum irisin and APN levels for predicting carotid atherosclerotic plaque formation in H-type hypertension patients were 3.16 μg/mL and 12.24 μg/mL, respectively, with the sensitivity being 82.14% (95% CI: 0.631, 0.939) and 85.71% (95% CI: 0.673, 0.960), the specificity being 73.96% (95% CI: 0.640, 0.824) and 64.58% (95% CI: 0.542, 0.741), and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) being 0.747 (95% CI: 0.661, 0.821) and 0.771 (95% CI: 0.687, 0.842). The sensitivity, specificity and AUC of the combined detection were 82.14% (0.631, 0.939), 94.79% (0.883, 0.983), and 0.886 (0.816, 0.936), respectively.Conclusions Serum levels of irisin and APN are abnormally decreased in H-type hypertension patients, and they are sensitive indicators for predicting carotid atherosclerotic plaque formation.