Higher levels of adiponectin in American than in Japanese men despite obesity.
Levels of adiponectin are inversely associated with obesity levels. We examined the levels of adiponectin in American (n = 98) and Japanese (n = 92) men aged 40 to 49 years. Contrary to our expectations, the American men had higher levels of adiponectin than the Japanese men (13.3 +/- 5.8 vs 7.3 +/- 4.2 (microg/mL) despite higher levels of obesity. Smaller areas of visceral adipose tissue in American than in Japanese men may have resulted in the higher levels of adiponectin.
Kadowaki
Takashi
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Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan. kadowaki@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
Sekikawa
Akira
A
Okamura
Tomonori
T
Takamiya
Tomoko
T
Kashiwagi
Atsunori
A
Zaky
Wahid R
WR
Maegawa
Hiroshi
H
El-Saed
Aiman
A
Nakamura
Yasuyuki
Y
Evans
Rhobert W
RW
Edmundowicz
Daniel
D
Kita
Yoshikuni
Y
Kuller
Lewis H
LH
Ueshima
Hirotsugu
H
D052242:Adiponectin / Q000097:blood*; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood*; D044465:White People
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