Higher levels of adiponectin in American than in Japanese men despite obesity

Takashi Kadowaki; Akira Sekikawa; Tomonori Okamura; Tomoko Takamiya; Atsunori Kashiwagi; Wahid R. Zaky; Hiroshi Maegawa; Aiman El-Saed; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Rhobert W. Evans; Daniel Edmundowicz; Yoshikuni Kita; Lewis H. Kuller; Hirotsugu Ueshima

doi:10.1016/j.metabol.2006.08.004

Higher levels of adiponectin in American than in Japanese men despite obesity

Takashi Kadowaki, Akira Sekikawa, Tomonori Okamura, Tomoko Takamiya, Atsunori Kashiwagi, Wahid R. Zaky, Hiroshi Maegawa, Aiman El-Saed, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Rhobert W. Evans, Daniel Edmundowicz, Yoshikuni Kita, Lewis H. Kuller, Hirotsugu Ueshima

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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 (μg/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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1561-1563
Number of pages	3
Journal	Metabolism: clinical and experimental
Volume	55
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2006.08.004
Publication status	Published - 2006 Dec
Externally published	Yes

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Kadowaki, T., Sekikawa, A., Okamura, T., Takamiya, T., Kashiwagi, A., Zaky, W. R., Maegawa, H., El-Saed, A., Nakamura, Y., Evans, R. W., Edmundowicz, D., Kita, Y., Kuller, L. H., & Ueshima, H. (2006). Higher levels of adiponectin in American than in Japanese men despite obesity. Metabolism: clinical and experimental, 55(12), 1561-1563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2006.08.004

Kadowaki, T, Sekikawa, A, Okamura, T, Takamiya, T, Kashiwagi, A, Zaky, WR, Maegawa, H, El-Saed, A, Nakamura, Y, Evans, RW, Edmundowicz, D, Kita, Y, Kuller, LH & Ueshima, H 2006, 'Higher levels of adiponectin in American than in Japanese men despite obesity', Metabolism: clinical and experimental, vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 1561-1563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2006.08.004

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