Abstract
Circulating plasma adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived protein, has been shown to be
decreased in obese subjects as well as in patients with type 2 diabetes and also in
subjects who do not have diabetes, but are insulin resistant. We assessed the relationship
between plasma levels of adiponectin, the metabolic syndrome and the occurrence of
small dense LDL particles (pattern B) in 101 clinically healthy middle-aged subjects
recruited from the general population. Low adiponectin levels were associated with
the metabolic syndrome and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle size (r = .55, P < .001). The relationship between adiponectin and LDL particle size remained in a
multiple regression model, in which adiponectin and total body fat explained 30% of
the variability in LDL particle size. Furthermore, subjects in the lowest tertile
of adiponectin had an increased risk of having pattern B (risk odds ratio [ROR] =
5.6). Because this was a cross-sectional study, no conclusions can be drawn about
causality. This is the first population-based study in man demonstrating a relationship
between small dense LDL particles and adiponectin.
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Publication history
Accepted:
June 11,
2003
Received:
March 13,
2003
Footnotes
☆Supported by grants from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation, the Swedish Medical Research Council (12270 and 10880), AstraZeneca Mölndal, Sweden. J.H. is Medical Adviser at AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden.
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