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

𝑅²=0.047, F-test 𝑃<0.01.

(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

𝑅²=0.24, F-test 𝑃<0.01.

(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

𝑅²=0.038, F-test 𝑃=0.02.

(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

𝑅² is 0.28, 𝑃<0.01.