Association of serum leptin and adiponectin with anthropomorphic indices of obesity, blood lipids and insulin resistance in a Sub-Saharan African population

Table 3 Multiple regression analysis with adiponectin as dependent variable

	No control for age nor gender (R² = 0.19)			Control for age (R² = 0.21)			Control for gender (R² =0.20)			Control for gender and age (R² = 0.26)
	Beta	p	95 % CI	Beta	p	95 % CI	Beta	p	95 % CI	Beta	p	95 % CI
Age				0.17	0.01	0.001–0.010				0.24	<0.0001	0.002–0.007
Sex							0.25	<0.0001	0.06–0.19	0.29	<0.0001	0.09–0.22
BMI	−0.21	0.10	−0.59–0.05	−0.13	0.39	−0.54–0.21	−0.15	0.19	−0.50–0.10	0.06	0.70	−0.30–0.46
WC	−0.38	0.001	−0.01–−0.002	−0.53	<0.0001	−0.18–0.59	−0.32	<0.0001	−0.008–−0.08	−0.37	<0.0001	−0.009–−0.004
BF%	0.33	<0.0001	0.004–0.01	0.21	0.01	0.002–0.01	0.17	0.18	−0.002–0.01	−0.10	0.38	−0.01–0.003
TG	−0.09	0.16	−0.33–0.05	−0.06	0.32	−0.28–0.09	−0.07	0.25	−0.30–0.08	−0.08	0.20	−0.30–0.6
HOMA-IR	−0.11	0.96	−0.08–0.01	−0.10	0.13	−0.07–0.01	−0.13	0.046	−0.08–0.000	−0.12	0.05	−0.08–0.000

CI Confidence Interval, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, BF% body fat percentage, TG triglycerides, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance

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