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. 2011 Jul 7;11:13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-11-13

Table 2.

Kendall's Tau correlations with total and HMW adiponectin

Variable Total Adiponectin HMW Adiponectin
Latino Non-Latino All subjects Latino Non-Latino All subjects

Age in years 0.21c 0.19a 0.21d 0.22c 0.17 0.22d
Female Gender 0.25c 0.27a 0.24d 0.16a 0.23a 0.17b
BMI -0.02 -0.09 -0.04 -0.06 -0.12 -0.08
Waist Circ. -0.03 -0.24b -0.07 -0.05 -0.22a -0.08
Diabetes 0.05 0.07 -0.03 0.05 -0.13 -0.05
Estimated GFR -0.10 0.03 -0.09 -0.12 0.07 -0.09
ACEI or ARB -0.07 0.10 -0.03 -0.07 0.10 -0.03
TZD 0.23b 0.07 0.15a 0.25b 0.16 0.19b
ASA 0.03 -0.21a -0.02 0.07 -0.05 0.06
Statin -0.17a -0.07 -0.11 -0.13 0.03 -0.05
HMW Adiponectin 0.68d 0.62d 0.66d - - -

a p ≤ 0.05

b p < 0.01

c p < 0.001

d p < 0.0001

HMW, high-molecular-weight; BMI, body mass index; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; ACEI, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; TZD, thiazolidinedione; ASA, acetylsalicylic acid.