Adiponectin as a Biomarker of Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: Controversies

Table 2

Summary of concentrations of adiponectin and bone mineral density in patients with morbidly obese women before and after gastric bypass surgery (GBP) and adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa or healthy adolescents.

Characteristics of the respondents	Mean ± SD or median (range)						Author
	Age (years)	BMI (kg/m^2)	Fat-free mass (kg)	Spine BMD (g/cm^2)	Total BMD ± SD; (g/cm^2)	Adiponectin; (μg/mL)
Morbidly obese women before gastric bypass surgery (GBP)	37.7±9.6	45.0±4.3	Body fat (%) 47.8±5.1Trunk body fat (%) 45.4±4.8	1.49±0.11	1.23±0.05	—	Carrasco et al.; (2009) [58]
Morbidly obese patients after gastric bypass surgery (GBP)
Baseline		45.0±4.3	58.9±5.8	1.49±0.11	1.23±0.53	11.4±4.3
6 month		32.5±3.9	48.2±3.8	1.42±0.14	1.21±0.64	15.7±4.8
12 month		29.5±3.9	48.2±3.6	1.38±0.14	1.19±0.63	19.8±6.6
Adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa (AN) and healthy adolescents; (0, 30, and 60 min after ingestion of a 100 g oral glucose load)							Misra et al. (2007) [59]
AN
0	—	16.7±1.3	8.9±3.0	−1.20±0.77	—	13.3±6.1
30						12.5±8.2
60						11.2±5.4
Healthy adolescents
0	—	21.8±3.4	17.9±5.7	−0.34±0.98	—	11.9±7.8
30						9.8±2.9
60						8.7±2.8