Table 2.

Age-adjusted Pearson correlation coefficients between adiponectin, VAT, SAT and covariates (N = 2,799)

	Women (N = 1,801)					Men (N = 998)
	Adiponectin	VAT	SAT	BMI	WC	Adiponectin	VAT	SAT	BMI	WC
Adiponectin	---					---
VAT	- 0.31c	---				- 0.17c	---
SAT	- 0.16c	0.46c	---			- 0.10b	0.50c	---
BMI	- 0.24c	0.50c	0.78c	---		- 0.21c	0.49c	0.74c	---
WC	- 0.33c	0.57c	0.73c	0.81c	---	- 0.20c	0.58c	0.82c	0.84c	---
Smoking	- 0.003	0.04	- 0.04	- 0.04	- 0.01	0.02	0.06	- 0.07	- 0.09a	- 0.05
Alcohol intake	0.03	- 0.002	- 0.08b	- 0.08b	- 0.06a	0.09a	0.03	- 0.08a	- 0.09b	- 0.05
TG	- 0.27c	0.21c	- 0.003	0.09c	0.16c	- 0.27c	0.30c	0.13c	0.20c	0.23c
HDL-C	0.41c	- 0.21c	- 0.09c	- 0.19c	- 0.23c	0.36c	- 0.24c	- 0.23c	- 0.32c	- 0.33c
FPG	- 0.28c	0.23c	0.17c	0.22c	0.26c	- 0.14c	0.23c	0.15c	0.21c	0.26c
HOMA-IR	- 0.42c	0.38c	0.24c	0.35c	0.41c	- 0.28c	0.30c	0.28c	0.34c	0.40c
SBP	- 0.01	0.04	0.05	0.12c	0.08b	- 0.01	0.16b	0.05	0.13b	0.09a

^ap < 0.05; ^bp < 0.01; ^cp < 0.001;

VAT: visceral adiposity tissue area; SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue area; BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; Adiponectin: logarithmically-transformed adiponectin plasma levels; p: p-values; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; HOMA-IR: homeostasis assessment model - insulin resistance; SBP: systolic blood pressure.