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Table 2 Associations between baseline characteristics and total* and high-molecular weight adiponectin concentrations* and high molecular weight-total adiponectin ratios in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

From: Independent associations of total and high molecular weight adiponectin with cardiometabolic risk and surrogate markers of enhanced early atherogenesis in black and white patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

HMW

HMW-total

Adiponectin

Adiponectin

Adiponectin

Characteristic

Partial R

P

Partial R

P

Partial R

P

Age

0.082

0.2

0.154

0.02

0.115

0.09

Female

0.163

0.01

0.160

0.02

0.080

0.2

Black ethnicity

-0.088

0.2

-0.036

0.6

-0.137

0.04

Smoking

-0.090

0.7

-0.009

0.9

-0.055

0.4

Body mass index*

-0.167

0.01

-0.136

0.05

0.037

0.6

Waist circumference

-0.217

0.001

-0.219

0.001

-0.052

0.4

Waist-hip ratio*

-0.074

0.3

-0.115

0.1

-0.092

0.1

RA duration

0.019

0.7

-0.010

0.9

-0.032

0.6

RF positive

-0.024

0.7

-0.023

0.7

-0.017

0.8

DAS28

-0.077

0.3

0.043

0.5

0.081

0.3

C-reactive protein*

-0.083

0.2

0.018

0.8

0.068

0.3

GFR

-0.119

0.09

0.024

0.7

0.087

0.2

  1. Associations were determined in demographic characteristic adjusted mixed linear regression models. Significant disparities are shown in bold. *Log transformed; DAS28, Disease activity score in 28 joints; GFR, Glomerular filtration rate; RA, Rheumatoid arthritis; RF, Rheumatoid factor.