Leptin, Adiponectin, and Obesity among Caucasian and Asian Women

Table 1

Study participant characteristics by ethnicity.

	Asian	Caucasian	Native Hawaiian/other ethnic groups
N	74	67	42
Percent overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m^2)	26	22	33
Percent obese (>30.0 kg/m^2)	15	25	31
BMI, kg/m^2	24.6 (4.4)^a	27.0 (6.8)	27.4 (5.4)
Age, y	43.4 (2.7)	42.9 (3.0)	42.6 (3.2)
Leptin (ng/mL)^b	11.7 (13.5)^a	19.5 (20.2)	20.0 (16.4)
Adiponectin (μg/mL)^b	7.3 (4.6)^a	9.1 (6.0)	6.6 (5.5)^a
Leptin : adiponectin ratio (ng/μg)^b	1.7 (3.0)	1.9 (3.6)	3.0 (4.3)
IL-6 (pg/ml)^b	0.9 (0.7)^a	1.1 (1.0)	0.9 (0.6)
CRP (mg/L)^b,c	0.6 (1.5)^a	1.7 (3.3)	1.1 (1.5)

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index, IL-6: interleukin-6, CRP: C-reactive protein.Unless otherwise noted, mean and standard deviation provided for each variable.
^a𝑃 value <.05 from one-way analysis of variance (Tukey’s Test) for difference in mean values from Caucasian.
^bMedian and interquartile range provided for skewed variables. Log transformed value used for P value.
^cMissing value for CRP (𝑛=1).