Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 55, Issue 12 , Pages 1561-1563, December 2006

Higher levels of adiponectin in American than in Japanese men despite obesity

  • Takashi Kadowaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
    • Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan. Tel.: +81 77 548 2191; fax: +81 77 543 9732.
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  • Akira Sekikawa

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Tomonori Okamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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  • Tomoko Takamiya

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Atsunori Kashiwagi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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  • Wahid R. Zaky

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Hiroshi Maegawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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  • Aiman El-Saed

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Yasuyuki Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Living and Welfare, Kyoto Women's University, Kyoto 605-8501, Japan
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  • Rhobert W. Evans

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Daniel Edmundowicz

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA
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  • Yoshikuni Kita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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  • Lewis H. Kuller

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Hirotsugu Ueshima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan

Received 3 March 2006; accepted 29 August 2006.

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PII: S0026-0495(06)00300-3

doi:10.1016/j.metabol.2006.08.004

Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 55, Issue 12 , Pages 1561-1563, December 2006

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