Adiponectin concentration in plasma is associated with muscle fiber size in healthy middle-aged men
- 6 August 2012
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
- Vol. 72 (5), 395-402
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2012.687759
Abstract
Obesity and ectopic fat deposition are major risk factors for many diseases ranging from insulin resistance to type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis. In obese individuals, the size of muscle fibers is increased mainly because of the ectopic fat present in skeletal muscle. The aim of the study was to investigate if adipokines would associate with muscle fiber characteristics and if muscle fiber characteristics and expression of the skeletal muscle adiponectin receptor (ADIPOR) would be associated with overweight and other components of the metabolic syndrome. This is a population-based, epidemiological cross-sectional study where normotensive, non-smoking men with normal OGTT provided a muscle biopsy (N = 54). Body mass index was higher in the group with the largest muscle fiber size (p for trend p p p < 0.05) was negatively and concentrations of leptin (p < 0.05) and hs-CRP (p p < 0.05) when adjusted for age and total adiposity. No associations were observed between the expression of muscle adiponectin receptors (ADIPOR) and features of the metabolic syndrome. Skeletal muscle fiber characteristics are related to overweight. In addition, a correlation was observed between low adiponectin and large muscle fiber size and this was not dependent on the amount of total fatness.Keywords
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