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. 2014 Jan 15;171(1):49–55. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.043

Table 1.

BMI and body composition and adipokines according to CHD and heart failure status.

18.5–25 25–29.9 30 + p-trend
Men with no CHD or heart failure (N = 3174)
WC (cms) 87.6 (6.54) 98.3 (6.06) 110.9 (8.22) < 0.0001
MAMC (cms) 24.95 (1.88) 26.81 (1.98) 28.49 (2.23) < 0.0001
% low muscle mass 56.7 20.9 7.8 < 0.0001
Adiponectin (μg/ml)* 7.77 (5.14–12.32) 6.48 (4.2–10.33) 5.87 (3.89–9.25) < 0.0001
Leptin (ng/ml)* 5.70 (3.7–8.35) 9.68 (6.6–13.7) 17.63 (11.4–23.1) < 0.0001
NT-proBNP (pg/ml)* 87.4 (45–153) 77.5 (38–146) 85.6 (42–167) 0.31
Men with CHD and no heart failure (N = 860)
WC (cms) 88.1 (6.50) 98.6 (5.99) 112.1 (8.19) < 0.0001
MAMC (cms) 24.5 (2.03) 26.5 (2.00) 28.2 (2.24) < 0.0001
% low muscle mass 66.4 26.4 7.3 < 0.0001
Adiponectin (μg/ml)** 8.24 (5.44–13.44) 6.49 (3.98–10.89) 5.81 (3.60–8.92) < 0.0001
Leptin (ng/ml)* 6.75 (4.3–10.2) 10.70 (7.2–15.9) 18.73 (13–27.2) < 0.0001
NT-proBNP
(pg/ml)*
237.5 (112–511) 196.4 (88.5–439.5) 162.3 (71–326) 0.0006
Men with heart failure (N = 86)
WC (cms) 88.4 (7.40) 99.3 (9.23) 113.0 (9.86) < 0.0001
MAMC (cms) 24.3 (1.60) 26.2 (2.04) 26.6 (2.56) < 0.0001
% low muscle mass 73.9 31.1 27.8 < 0.0001
Adiponectin (μg/ml)* 15.49 (12.35–19.69) 6.69 (4.18–10.83) 8.50 (5.78–16.53) 0.01
Leptin (ng/ml)* 5.81 12.30 25.23 < 0.0001
NT-proBNP
(pg/ml)*
1236.5 (861–2753) 278.7 (86.5–801) 492.7 (332–1018) 0.05

Mean (standard deviation) unless stated; * geometric mean and interquartile range.

Low muscle mass = lowest tertile MAMC.