Metabolic Risk Susceptibility in Men Is Partially Related to Adiponectin/Leptin Ratio
Table 1
Subject demography and baseline characteristics.
Nonobese
Overweight
Obese
Waist girth category
<90 cm
90–101 cm
≥102 cm
Number of men (% of total)
55 (13)
147 (34)
226 (53)
Age (±SD) (years)
53.0 (8.9)
54.1 (10.2)
55.4 (9.6)
Body mass index (kg/m2)
24.1 (2.3)
27.9 (2.5)b
33.6 (4.1)a
Waist girth (cm)
85.3 (3.6)
95.9 (2.9)b
112.8 (9.3)a
Systolic blood pressure (Hg mm)
132.1 (17.9)c
138.3 (16.7)
142.5 (16.7)
Diastolic blood pressure (Hg mm)
79.1 (12.9)c
82.3 (9.7)
83.0 (8.9)
Hemoglobin A1c (%), Median (IQ)*
5.4 (.4)
5.4 (.5)
5.5 (.6)
Glucose (mg/dL)
93.3 (9.3)d
94.9 (10.0)
97.0 (11.3)
HOMA2-IR median (IQ)
1.16 (.98)
1.57 (.77)
2.13 (1.53)a
HOMA2%, median (IQ)
97.5 (51.9)
119.8 (47.4)
139.9 (70.6)
HOMA2%S, median (IQ)
86.5 (101.7)
63.7 (33.3)b
46.9 (36.4)a
Adiponectin μg/mL, median (IQ)
8.9 (87.6)c
7.7 (4.8)
7.5 (4.7)
Leptin ng/mL, median (IQ)
2.3 (2.2)
5.2 (3.9)b
10.4 (7.5)a
Triglyceride, median (IQ)
110 (68)
153 (104)b
186 (92)a
HDL cholesterol mg/dL
47 (15)
39 (15)b
37 (9)a
Non-HDL cholesterol mg/dL
147 (44)
166 (43)
165 (47)
Total Apo B mg/dL
116 (29)
126 (28)b
129 (26)a
Hypertension (%)
52.6
75.5
88.8
Smokers (%)
.0
3.7
1.5
Significantly different from non-obese and overweight (); bsignificantly different from non-obese (); csignificantly different from overweight and from obese (); dsignificantly different from obese (); *IQ: interquartile.