Research Article
Paradoxically Low Levels of Total and HMW Adiponectin in Relation to Metabolic Parameters in a Tongan Population
Table 3
A linear regression model for the interaction between log adiponectin and the predictor variables of log BMI and sex.
(a) Total adiponectin |
| Tongans | Estimate | SE | P value |
| Intercept | 2.0652 | 0.75687 | <0.01 | Log BMI | −0.32216 | 0.22163 | 0.15 | Sex | 0.31754 | 1.0268 | 0.75 | Log BMI: sex | −0.032921 | 0.29636 | 0.91 |
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, F-test .
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(b) |
| Caucasians | Estimate | SE | P value |
| Intercept | 3.2174 | 2.9265 | 0.28 | Log BMI | −0.50709 | 0.88467 | 0.60 | Sex | 3.1964 | 3.3648 | 0.35 | Log BMI: sex | −0.9068 | 1.0213 | 0.38 |
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, F-test .
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(c) HMW adiponectin |
| Tongans | Estimate | SE | P value |
| Intercept | 0.35596 | 1.0317 | 0.73038 | Log BMI | −0.49238 | 0.30212 | 0.10441 | Sex | −0.47322 | 1.3997 | 0.73559 | Log BMI: sex | 0.21042 | 0.40399 | 0.60292 |
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, F-test .
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(d) |
| Caucasians | Estimate | SE | P value |
| Intercept | 0.18134 | 4.2765 | 0.96639 | Log BMI | −0.0734 | 1.2928 | 0.95501 | Sex | 3.5981 | 4.917 | 0.46868 | Log BMI: sex | −0.88647 | 1.4924 | 0.55596 |
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