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. 2013 Feb;11(1):46–55. doi: 10.1089/met.2012.0065

Table 3.

Vascular Risk Factors and Adiponectin (ln-Transformed) in NOMAS Overall and by Race–Ethnicity

 
β (P value) for ln-adiponectin
Risk factor Overall cohort White Black Hispanic
Hispanic vs. whitea −0.144 (<0.0001)
Black vs. whitea −0.203 (<0.0001)
Age (1-year increase)a 0.012 (<0.0001) 0.010 (<0.0001) 0.014 (<0.0001) 0.011 (<0.0001)
Male sexa −0.075 (<0.0001) −0.086 (0.05) −0.029 (0.49) −0.078 (0.001)
Former vs. never smokera −0.050 (0.005) −0.015 (0.72) −0.116 (0.01) −0.045 (0.05)
Current vs. never smokera −0.031 (0.18) 0.021 (0.73) −0.046 (0.35) −0.049 (0.10)
Light vs. no alcohol usea 0.013 (0.60) −0.065 (0.30) −0.004 (0.94) 0.043 (0.17)
Moderate vs. no alcohol usea −0.050 (0.01) −0.092 (0.03) −0.020 (0.62) −0.043 (0.08)
Intermediate vs. no alcohol usea −0.104 (0.02) −0.006 (0.95) −0.117 (0.18) −0.159 (0.01)
Heavy vs. no alcohol usea −0.113 (0.08) −0.393 (0.01) −0.184 (0.13) 0.026 (0.76)
Any physical activitya −0.014 (0.39) −0.037 (0.36) −0.023 (0.55) −0.002 (0.92)
Hypertensiona −0.057 (0.002) −0.066 (0.11) −0.035 (0.42) −0.068 (0.003)
Diabetesa −0.093 (<0.0001) −0.109 (0.07) −0.036 (0.42) −0.100 (<0.0001)
Waist circumference (inches)a −0.010 (<0.0001) −0.008 (0.06) −0.011 (0.002) −0.011 (<0.0001)
eGFRa −0.001 (0.001) −0.002 (0.04) −0.001 (0.18) −0.001 (0.006)
LDL-C (mg/dL)a −0.001 (0.01) −0.0003 (0.58) −0.001 (0.07) −0.0004 (0.18)
HDL-C (mg/dL)a 0.010 (<0.0001) 0.011 (<0.0001) 0.010 (<0.0001) 0.010 (<0.0001)
Triglycerides (mg/dL)a −0.001 (<0.0001) −0.001 (0.01) −0.001 (0.003) −0.001 (<0.0001)
R2 from model above 0.35 0.32 0.34 0.30
HOMA-IR>3b (n=1388) −0.060 (0.02) 0.061 (0.50) −0.014 (0.84) −0.083 (0.004)
  R2 0.39 0.37 0.48 0.32
hsCRP (mg/mL)a (n=2091) −0.002 (0.06) −0.001 (0.74) −0.004 (0.05) −0.000005 (1.00)
  R2 0.35 0.34 0.38 0.30
IL-6 (pg/mL)a (n=1567) −0.000003 (0.84) −0.00002 (0.39) 0.00003 (0.32) −0.000003 (0.90)
  R2 0.34 0.34 0.38 0.30
TNF-α (pg/mL)*a (n=378) −0.006 (0.29) −0.034 (0.02) −0.029 (0.23) 0.010 (0.14)
R2 0.35 0.55 0.52 0.34
HDL2 (mg/dL)c (n=1665) 0.014 (<0.0001) 0.014 (<0.0001) 0.011 (<0.0001) 0.016 (<0.0001)
  R2 0.34 0.38 0.40 0.31
HDL3 (mg/dL)c (n=1665) 0.009 (<0.0001) 0.008 (0.03) 0.016 (<0.0001) 0.007 (<0.0001)
  R2 0.34 0.38 0.40 0.31
ApoB (mg/dL)d (n=633) −0.002 (0.0003) −0.002 (0.08) −0.002 (0.04) −0.002 (0.005)
  R2 0.44 0.33 0.41 0.43
ApoA-1 (mg/dL)d (n=633) 0.004 (<°.0001) 0.005 (0.004) 0.003 (0.02) 0.005 (<0.0001)
  R2 0.44 0.33 0.41 0.43
BMIe
 <18.5 0.207 (0.0003) 0.339 (0.0002) 0.164 (0.16) 0.112 (0.32)
 18.5–24.9 Ref Ref Ref Ref
 25–29.9 −0.069 (0.001) −0.109 (0.01) −0.095 (0.03) −0.051 (0.05)
 30+ −0.103 (<.0001) −0.051 (0.38) −0.187 (0.0003) −0.074 (0.01)
  R2 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.29
Metabolic syndromef −0.269 (<0.0001) −0.306 (<0.0001) −0.343 (<0.0001) −0.225 (<0.0001)
  R2 0.26 0.24 0.27 0.19
a

Controlling for race/ethnicity, age, sex, smoking, alcohol use, any physical activity, hypertension, diabetes, waist circumference, eGFR, LDL-C, HDL-C, and triglycerides.

b

Among those without diabetes, controlling for controlling for race/ethnicity, age, sex, smoking, alcohol use, any physical activity, hypertension, waist circumference, eGFR, LDL-C, HDL-C, and triglycerides.

c

Controlling for race/ethnicity, age, sex, smoking, alcohol use, any physical activity, hypertension, diabetes, waist circumference, eGFR, LDL-C, HDL2, HDL3, and triglycerides.

d

Controlling for race/ethnicity, age, sex, smoking, alcohol use, any physical activity, hypertension, diabetes, waist circumference, eGFR, ApoB, ApoA-1, and triglycerides.

e

Controlling for controlling for race/ethnicity, age, sex, smoking, alcohol use, any physical activity, hypertension, diabetes, eGFR, LDL-C, HDL-C, and triglycerides.

f

Controlling for race/ethnicity, age, sex, smoking, alcohol use, any physical activity, eGFR, and LDL-C.

NOMAS, Northern Manhattan Study; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin-6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; Apo, apolipoprotein; BMI, body mass index.