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

Table 2

Significant Spearman correlation coefficients between total and HMW adiponectin and group characteristics of Tongans.

	Tongan female	P  value	Tongan male	P  value
Total adiponectin
BMI	−0.24	<0.01	−0.19	<0.05
Weight	−0.19	<0.05	−0.20	<0.05
WHR	−0.37	<0.001
HOMA	−0.23	<0.01	−0.21	<0.05
CHOL	−0.18	<0.05
HDL	0.18	<0.05	0.18	<0.05
TRIG			−0.37	<0.001
HbA1c			−0.18	<0.05
HMW adiponectin
HOMA	−0.32	<0.001
HDL	0.26	<0.01	0.20	<0.05
TRIG			−0.26	<0.01