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Circulating Adiponectin Is Associated with Obesity and Serum Lipids in West Africans
- Source :
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 95:3517-3521
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- The Endocrine Society, 2010.
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Abstract
- Context: Adiponectin, a hormone secreted by adipose tissue, has both metabolic and antiinflammatory properties. Although multiple studies have described the relationship between adiponectin and obesity in several human populations, no large studies have evaluated this relationship in Africans. Objective: We investigated the relationship between adiponectin and measures of obesity, serum lipids, and insulin resistance in a large African cohort. Design: Participants are from the Africa America Diabetes Mellitus (AADM) Study, a case-control study of genetic and other risk factors associated with development of type 2 diabetes in Africans. Setting: Patients were recruited from five academic medical centers in Nigeria and Ghana (Accra and Kumasi in Ghana and Enugu, Ibadan, and Lagos in Nigeria) over 10 yr. Main Outcome Measures: Circulating adiponectin levels were measured in 690 nondiabetic controls using an ELISA. The correlation between log-transformed circulating adiponectin levels and age, gender, measures of obesity (body mass index, waist circumference, and percent fat mass), and serum lipid levels was assessed. Linear regression was used to explore the association between adiponectin levels and measures of obesity, lipids, and insulin resistance as measured by homeostasis model assessment. Results: Significant negative associations were observed between log-adiponectin levels and measures of obesity after adjusting for age and gender. Similarly, log-adiponectin levels were significantly negatively associated with serum triglycerides and insulin resistance but positively associated with high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and total cholesterol after adjusting for age, gender, and body mass index. Conclusions: Circulating adiponectin is significantly associated with measures of obesity, serum lipids, and insulin resistance in this study of West African populations.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Clinical Biochemistry
Nigeria
Blood lipids
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Context (language use)
Type 2 diabetes
Ghana
Biochemistry
Body Mass Index
Endocrinology
Insulin resistance
Internal medicine
Diabetes mellitus
medicine
Humans
Obesity
Aged
Adiponectin
business.industry
Brief Report
Biochemistry (medical)
Case-control study
nutritional and metabolic diseases
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Health Surveys
Lipids
Case-Control Studies
Body Composition
Regression Analysis
Female
Insulin Resistance
Waist Circumference
business
hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19457197 and 0021972X
- Volume :
- 95
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....35e173acebc2ae61786e096138985696
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2009-2765