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Paradoxically Low Levels of Total and HMW Adiponectin in Relation to Metabolic Parameters in a Tongan Population

Table 1

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the three study groups.
 CaucasianTonganMatched Tongan
Men   
 Number of subjects1812318
 Age (yr)
 BMI (kg/m2)
 Waist-to-hip ratio
 HOMA
 Total cholesterol (mmol/L)
 HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)
 Triglycerides (mmol/L)
 HbA1c (%)—
 Adiponectin ug/mL
 HMW adiponectin ug/mL
 Ratio HMW/total adiponectin
Women   
 Number of subjects2513225
 Age (yr)
 BMI (kg/m2)
 Waist-to-hip ratio
 HOMA
 Total cholesterol (mmol/L)
 HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)
 Triglycerides (mmol/L)
 HbA1c (%)—
 Adiponectin ug/mL
 HMW adiponectin ug/mL
 Ratio HMW/total adiponectin
Study groups were healthy Caucasians, a randomly chosen population of Tongans, and a subset of the Tongan group chosen to match the Caucasians in age and BMI.
M versus F for Caucasians and for Tongans.
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Caucasian M versus Tongan M.
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Caucasian F versus Tongan F.
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