Table 2.

Correlations between adiponectin fractions and other variables in PWS children and BMI-matched controls

	Total adiponectin	HMW adiponectin	HMW/total adiponectin	LMW + MMW adiponectin
PWS children
Age	−0.578*	−0.604*	−0.640*	−0.169
HOMA	−0.798**	−0.802**	−0.736**	−0.226
BMI	−0.656*	−0.663**	−0.641*	−0.236
BMI Z-score	−0.620*	−0.603*	−0.557*	−0.321
Ghrelin	0.495	0.495	0.481	0.095
Glucose	0.235	0.200	0.088	−0.277
Insulin	−0.780**	−0.793**	−0.719**	−0.187
Leptin	−0.565*	−0.591*	−0.609*	−0.081
PYY	−0.112	−0.143	−0.187	−0.024
NPY	0.305	0.385	0.530*	−0.152
PP	0.178	0.222	0.310	−0.051
GIP	−0.484	−0.478	−0.401	0.005
IGF-I	0.345	0.424	0.569*	−0.156
Control children
Age	−0.587*	−0.552*	−0.244	−0.565*
HOMA	−0.314	−0.363	−0.305	0.240
BMI	−0.471	−0.546*	−0.447	0.145
BMI Z-score	−0.244	−0.352	−0.411	0.515
Ghrelin	0.490	0.578*	0.407	−0.226
Glucose	−0.224	−0.262	−0.022	−0.251
Insulin	−0.270	−0.310	−0.314	0.218
Leptin	−0.341	−0.393	−0.336	0.248
PYY	0.332	0.248	0.007	0.468
NPY	0.560*	0.569*	0.473	0.213
PP	0.160	0.0286	−0.108	0.222
GIP	0.380	0.240	0.099	0.327
IGF-I	0.521	0.398	0.253	0.319

Spearman rank correlations reported.

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01.