Kadowaki Takashi, Sekikawa Akira, Okamura Tomonori, Takamiya Tomoko, Kashiwagi Atsunori, Zaky Wahid R, Maegawa Hiroshi, El-Saed Aiman, Nakamura Yasuyuki, Evans Rhobert W, Edmundowicz Daniel, Kita Yoshikuni, Kuller Lewis H, Ueshima Hirotsugu
Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan.
Metabolism. 2006 Dec;55(12):1561-3. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2006.08.004.
Levels of adiponectin are inversely associated with obesity levels. We examined the levels of adiponectin in American (n = 98) and Japanese (n = 92) men aged 40 to 49 years. Contrary to our expectations, the American men had higher levels of adiponectin than the Japanese men (13.3 +/- 5.8 vs 7.3 +/- 4.2 (microg/mL) despite higher levels of obesity. Smaller areas of visceral adipose tissue in American than in Japanese men may have resulted in the higher levels of adiponectin.
脂联素水平与肥胖程度呈负相关。我们检测了年龄在40至49岁的98名美国男性和92名日本男性的脂联素水平。与我们的预期相反，尽管美国男性的肥胖程度更高，但他们的脂联素水平却高于日本男性（分别为13.3±5.8与7.3±4.2（微克/毫升））。美国男性内脏脂肪组织面积比日本男性小，这可能导致了美国男性脂联素水平较高。
