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

Table 4.

Vascular Risk Factors and Adiponectin (ln-Transformed) in NOMAS by Adiposity

 
β (P value) for ln-adiponectin
Risk factor Obese Nonobese High waist circumference Normal waist circumference
Hispanic vs. whitea −0.149 (0.0003) −0.139 (<0.0001) −0.125 (0.0002) −0.145 (<0.0001)
Black vs. whitea −0.269 (<0.0001) −0.189 (<0.0001) −0.198 (<0.0001) −0.211 (<0.0001)
Age (1-year increase)a 0.010 (<0.0001) 0.012 (<0.0001) 0.012 (<0.0001) 0.012 (<0.0001)
Male sexa −0.092 (0.01) −0.095 (<0.0001) −0.022 (0.50) −0.147 (<0.0001)
Former vs. never smokera −0.055 (0.08) −0.042 (0.05) −0.059 (0.03) −0.043 (0.07)
Current vs. never smokera −0.070 (0.10) −0.011 (0.70) −0.071 (0.06) −0.006 (0.82)
Light vs. no alcohol usea −0.00002 (1.0) 0.017 (0.58) 0.031 (0.38) −0.012 (0.72)
Moderate vs. no alcohol usea −0.044 (0.18) −0.059 (0.01) 0.001 (0.97) −0.087 (0.0003)
Intermediate vs. no alcohol usea −0.186 (0.02) −0.084 (0.11) −0.142 (0.07) −0.108 (0.04)
Heavy vs. no alcohol usea −0.131 (0.42) −0.013 (0.06) −0.124 (0.31) −0.132 (0.08)
Any physical activitya 0.055 (0.05) −0.046 (0.02) 0.028 (0.24) −0.048 (0.02)
Hypertensiona −0.051 (0.14) −0.069 (0.001) −0.048 (0.11) −0.071 (0.001)
Diabetesa −0.066 (0.04) −0.128 (<0.0001) −0.120 (<0.0001) −0.075 (0.01)
eGFRa −0.002 (0.001) −0.001 (0.03) −0.002 (0.01) −0.001 (0.02)
LDL-C (mg/dL)a −0.0005 (0.24) −0.001 (0.03) −0.0004 (0.21) −0.001 (0.03)
HDL-C (mg/dL)a 0.008 (<0.0001) 0.011 (<0.0001) 0.009 (<0.0001) 0.012 (<0.0001)
Triglycerides (mg/dL)a −0.001 (0.003) −0.001 (<0.0001) −0.001 (0.001) −0.001 (<0.0001)
R2 from model above 0.24 0.36 0.27 0.39
hsCRP (mg/mL)a −0.003 (0.04) −0.002 (0.21) −0.0003 (0.85) −0.004 (0.01)
  R2 0.26 0.36 0.29 0.38
IL-6 (pg/mL)a −0.00002 (0.34) 0.000003 (0.89) −0.00001 (0.78) 0.0000005 (0.98)
  R2 0.27 0.35 0.28 0.37
TNF-α (pg/mL)a −0.006 (0.62) −0.006 (0.33) −0.015 (0.10) −0.002 (0.81)
  R2 0.44 0.44 0.39 0.38
HDL2 (mg/dL)b 0.013 (<0.0001) 0.015 (<0.0001) 0.012 (<0.0001) 0.015 (<0.0001)
  R2 0.27 0.35 0.27 0.39
HDL3 (mg/dL)b 0.009 (0.0004) 0.009 (<0.0001) 0.009 (<0.0001) 0.010 (<0.0001)
  R2 0.27 0.35 0.27 0.39
ApoB (mg/dL)c −0.001 (0.29) −0.002 (0.001) −0.002 (0.09) −0.003 (0.0003)
  R2 0.35 0.47 0.35 0.52
ApoA-1 (mg/dL)c 0.002 (0.13) 0.005 (<0.0001) 0.003 (0.001) 0.005 (<0.0001)
  R2 0.35 0.47 0.35 0.52
a

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

b

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

c

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

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.