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Relationships between circulating adiponectin levels and fat distribution in obese subjects.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21378472     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIM: Most studies have reported that circulating levels of adiponectin are negatively correlated with the body mass index (BMI), and hypoadiponectinemia is related to cardiometabolic disorders; however, not all obese subjects have hypoadiponectinemia. The present study investigated circulating adiponectin levels and fat distribution, i.e. subcutaneous fat area (SFA) and visceral fat area (VFA), in obese subjects.
METHODS: Sixty-eight obese Korean subjects underwent fat distribution by computed tomography (CT) scan and laboratory tests including circulating total adiponectin levels (APN) and circulating high molecular weight adiponectin levels (HMW-APN).
RESULTS: Log-APN and log-HMW-APN did not correlate with log-BMI either in obese males or females in this study; however, log-APN significantly and negatively correlated with log-VFA both in obese males (r=-0.691, p=0.009) and females (r=-0.319, p=0.002), and log-HMW-APN also correlated negatively with log-VFA both in obese males (r=-0.650, p=0.016) and females (r=-0.370, p=0.005). Log-VFA was a significant determinant of log-APN and log-HMW-APN in obese subjects. In contrast, neither log-APN nor log-HMW-APN was significantly correlated with log-SFA in obese males and females.
CONCLUSIONS: The present study demonstrated that APN and HMW-APN correlated with VFA, but not BMI and SFA, in obese subjects, and suggest that hypoadiponectinemia may represent dysfunction of adipose tissue in obesity.
Authors:
Ken Kishida; Kyoung Kon Kim; Tohru Funahashi; Yuji Matsuzawa; Hee-Cheol Kang; Iichiro Shimomura
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2011-03-03
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis     Volume:  18     ISSN:  1880-3873     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Atheroscler. Thromb.     Publication Date:  2011  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-07-22     Completed Date:  2011-12-14     Revised Date:  2011-12-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9506298     Medline TA:  J Atheroscler Thromb     Country:  Japan    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  592-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adiponectin / blood*
Adipose Tissue / metabolism
Adult
Body Composition
Body Mass Index
Coronary Disease / blood
Female
Gene Expression Regulation
Humans
Korea
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Obesity / blood*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Adiponectin

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