Low serum adiponectin predicts future risk for asthma in women.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Our previous cross-sectional study showed that serum adiponectin is inversely associated with asthma among women. However, it is not known if serum adiponectin predicts future development of asthma or if asthma affects subsequent serum adiponectin concentrations among women.

Objectives

To determine longitudinal association between serum adiponectin and incident asthma among women.

Methods

We used data from examinations at Years 10, 15, and 20 of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) cohort. In our primary analysis, the association of CARDIA Year 15 serum adiponectin concentration with Year 20 incident asthma was evaluated. In our secondary analysis, the converse direction, that is, the association of CARDIA Year 10 prevalent asthma wi

SUBMITTER: Sood A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3400996 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature