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Plasma Adiponectin Levels Are Associated With Coronary Lesion Complexity in Men With Coronary Artery Disease

Fumiyuki Otsuka, MD^_*, Seigo Sugiyama, MD, PhD^_*,_*, Sunao Kojima, MD, PhD^_*, Hidetomo Maruyoshi, MD^_*, Tohru Funahashi, MD, PhD, Kunihiko Matsui, MD, MPH, Tomohiro Sakamoto, MD, PhD^_*, Michihiro Yoshimura, MD, PhD^_*, Kazuo Kimura, MD, PhD, Satoshi Umemura, MD, PhD and Hisao Ogawa, MD, PhD^_*

^_* Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Department of General Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
Division of Cardiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.

View larger version (30K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Plasma levels of adiponectin in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) (n = 152, blue circles) and acute coronary syndromes (ACS) (n = 55, yellow circles). Box-and-whisker plot showing plasma levels of adiponectin in patients with stable CAD and ACS. In these plots, lines within boxes represent median values; the upper and lower lines of the boxes represent the 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively; and the upper and lower bars outside the boxes represent the 90th and 10th percentiles, respectively.

View larger version (30K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Box-and-whisker plot showing plasma levels of adiponectin in stable coronary artery disease patients with simple (n = 92, blue) and complex lesions (n = 60, red). In these plots, lines within boxes represent median values; the upper and lower lines of the boxes represent the 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively; and the upper and lower bars outside the boxes represent the 90th and 10th percentiles, respectively. Abbreviations as in Figure 1.

View larger version (28K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Box-and-whisker plot showing plasma levels of adiponectin in acute coronary syndrome patients with single (n = 23, blue) and multiple complex lesions (n = 24, red). In these plots, lines within boxes represent median values; the upper and lower lines of the boxes represent the 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively; and the upper and lower bars outside the boxes represent the 90th and 10th percentiles, respectively. Abbreviations as in Figure 1.