In the present study, the relationship between abdominal obesity and serum adiponectin complexes was investigated among population-based elementary school children in Japan.
Accordingly, the aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between abdominal obesity and serum adiponectin complexes among population-based elementary school children in Japan.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between abdominal obesity and serum adiponectin complexes among population-based elementary school children in Japan.
There are a limited number of studies regarding the association between abdominal obesity and serum adiponectin complexes (high, medium, and low molecular weight adiponectins) among population-based elementary school children, especially in Japan, where blood collection is not usually performed during annual health examinations of school children.
However, there are a limited number of studies regarding the association between abdominal obesity and each adiponectin isoform (HMW adiponectin [HMW-adn], MMW adiponectin [MMW-adn], or LMW adiponectin [LMW-adn]) among population-based elementary school children, especially in Japan, where blood collection is not usually performed during annual health examinations of school children.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study on the association between abdominal obesity and adiponectin complexes among population-based elementary school children in Japan, where blood collection and measurement of WC are not commonly performed in annual health examinations at elementary schools.
Xue et al. (2004) and Frazier et al. (2009), based on diaries collected daily from elementary school children and a cohort of elderly, respectively, obtained ICCs ranging from 0.10 to 0.35 for time spent indoors, outdoors and in a vehicle [ 2, 7].
We adopt a function-based approach to introduce elementary school children to algebraic content.
