Relationship between serum adiponectin levels and age in healthy subjects and patients with type 2 diabetes

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Population

22,933 subjects, comprising 21,100 healthy subjects and 1,833 patients with type 2 diabetes.

Design

Cross-sectional

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Discussion

Supports age adjustment in adiponectin interpretation; hypothesis-generating for cardiometabolic outcomes in aging and diabetes.

Population

22,933 subjects, comprising 21,100 healthy subjects (12,363 men and 8,737 women) and 1,833 patients with type 2 diabetes (1,233 men and 600 women).

Outcome

Relationship between serum adiponectin levels and agesurrogate

Serum adiponectin levels increase with age independently of other metabolic factors in both healthy individuals and those with type 2 diabetes.

Obata et al. (2012) studied this question.

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