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. 2015 Jun 12;10(6):e0129246. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129246

Table 6. Association Between Plasma Adiponectin and Breast Cancer in BMI Subgroup by Univariate Logistic Regression.

Factors BMI<24.0 a BMI> = 24.0 b
OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P
Menopause (no = reference) 1.383 1.065–1.796 0.015 1.049 0.818–1.345 0.704
Diabetes mellitus (no = reference) 1.631 0.778–3.419 0.195 0.944 0.578–1.542 0.819
Family history of BC (no = reference) 2.132 1.270–3.582 0.004 1.354 0.753–2.433 0.311
Age at menarche (< = 12 years old = reference) 1.011 0.643–1.590 0.962 1.180 0.765–1.821 0.455
Total adiponectin (< = cut-off value is reference) 0.629 0.416–0.950 0.028 0.813 0.632–1.045 0.106
HMW adiponectin (< = cut-off value is reference) 0.720 0.463–1.120 0.145 0.771 0.605–0.982 0.035
HMW/total adiponectin ratio (< = cut-off value is reference) 0.992 0.784–1.255 0.946 0.828 0.653–1.052 0.122

BMI, body mass index;

a, for BMI<24.0;

b, for BMI> = 24.0; the cut-off values are: for total adiponectin, a = 12.52μg/ml, b = 6.82μg/ml; for HMW adiponectin, a = 5.61μg/ml, b = 1.42μg/ml; for HMW/total adiponectin ratio, a = 0.37, b = 0.39.