title: Adiponectin, hemoglobin, and cardiovascular risk in an indigenous siberian population.
abstract: Adipose tissue hypoxia appears to play a role in promoting chronic inflammation and the development of obesity-related cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, yet the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. The aim of the present research is to examine whether adiponectin levels (an adipocyte-derived hormone with anti-inflammatory properties) are inversely correlated with hemoglobin levels in an indigenous Siberian population.
  
  
  
  The study was conducted among 252 Yakut adults (≥18 years; 135 females) from Berdygestiakh, Sakha Republic, Russia. Measurements included anthropometric dimensions (body mass index [BMI], waist circumference [WC], and percent body fat) and blood levels of hemoglobin and adiponectin.
  
  
  
  Yakut females had higher adiponectin concentrations than males (15.1 ± 9.8 vs. 11.7 ± 10.6 µg/ml; P < 0.001), whereas males had higher hemoglobin levels (14.4 ± 1.4 vs. 12.6 ± 1.5 g/dL; P < 0.001). Body composition measures in both sexes were negatively associated with adiponectin and positively associated with hemoglobin. After adjusting for central adiposity and smoking, adiponectin levels were negatively correlated with hemoglobin levels in men (P < 0.05), but not in women (P = 0.511).
  
  
  
  This investigation provides some support for the involvement of hypoxia-related dysregulation of adiponectin associated with obesity and potentially cardiovascular disease. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 28:580-583, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Streeter
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
authors.forename: Erica C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Squires
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.|Institute for Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Larissa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Tarskaia
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Health, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russia.
authors.forename: Tatiana M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Klimova
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Health, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russia.
authors.forename: Valentina I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Fedorova
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Health, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russia.
authors.forename: Marina E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Baltakhinova
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Health, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russia.
authors.forename: Vadim G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Krivoshapkin
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
authors.forename: J Josh
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Snodgrass
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000097:blood*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001823:Body Composition; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin; D006454:Hemoglobins