Table 1.

Comparison of adiponectin and other factors between the American and Japanese men by tertile categories of waist circumference

Waist circumference (cm)	68–85		85–95		95–125
n (% of the total population)	64 (33.7%)		58(305%)		68 (35.8%)
n (% of each site)	USA: 17 (17.3%)	Japan: 47 (51.1%)	USA: 23 (23.5%)	Japan 35 (38.0%)	USA: 58 (59.2%)	Japan: 10 (10.9%)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	23.52 ± 1.28	21.19 ± 2.30	24.87 ± 1.43	24.39 ± 1.53	28.65 ± 2.72	28.37 ± 1.65
	P < .001		P = .228		P = .668
Adiponectin (μg/mL)	16.19 ± 7.50	8.04 ± 4.00	12.65 ± 4.72	6,32 ± 4.60	12.66 ± 5.42	7.60 ± 3.49
	p < .001		P <.001		P = .001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.01 ± 0.53	5.66 ± 1.02	4.99 ± 0.91	5.68 ± 1.03	4.95 ± 0.82	5.84 ± 0.47
	P = .002		P = .010		P < .001
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.994 (0.718, 1.300)	1.209 (0.893, 1.480)	1.085 (0.881, 1.751)	1.842 (1.480,2.497)	1.582 (1.170, 2.359)	1.706 (0.980), 2342)
	P = .0.60		P = .001		P = .822
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.28 ± 0.31	1.62 ± 0.41	1.31 ± 0.33	1.19 ± 0.25	1.12 ± 0.27	1.43 ± 026
	P = .0.01		P = .160		P = .005
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.27 ± 0.50	3.43 ± 1.00	3.10 ± 0.75	3.48 ± 1.07	3.02 ± 0.84	3^60 ± 0.78
	P = .417		P = .117		P = .049
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	5.15 ± 0.37	5.71 ± 0.49	5.11 ± 0.50	5.71 ± 0.44	5.34 ± 0.42	5.74 ± 0.43
	P < .001		P <.00l		P = .018
Coronary calcification (%)	17.6	2.1	21.7	5.7	29.3	20.0
	P = .054		P = .102		P = .714

Values are medians and interquartile ranges for triglycerides, proportion of Agatston score of 10 or more for coronary calcification, and means ± standard devotions for other variables. P values were obtained by Mann-Whitney tests for triglycerides, Fisher exact tests for coronary calcification, and t test for other variables. HDL indicates high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.