Title

Association between anthropometric indices and serum adiponectin levels among young Indian adults: A cross-sectional study

Authors

Pravesh Kumarı,*, Anubhav Dwivedi², Amita Singhı, Shivani Pandey³, Narsingh Verma⁴ & Sunita Tiwari⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Physiology, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical sciences, Saifai, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Physiology, Autonomous State Medical College, Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, India; ³Department of Biochemistry, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Physiology, Sardar Patel Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁵Department of Physiology, Dr. R.M.L.I.M.S., Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Pravesh Kumar - E-mail: pravesh.kumar@upums.ac.in
Anubhav Dwivedi - E-mail: ishi101010@gmail.com
Amita Singh - E-mail: dramita.singh@upums.ac.in
Shivani Pandey - E-mail: shivanipandey@kgmcindia.edu
Narsingh Verma - E-mail: narsinghverma@gmail.com
Sunita Tiwari - E-mail: sunita_kgmu@yahoo.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2026; Revised September 30, 2026; Accepted September 30, 2026, Published September 30, 2026
 

Abstract

Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived hormone having anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing properties and plays a key role in the development of metabolic diseases. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the association between anthropometric indices and serum adiponectin levels in healthy young adults. BMI, WC, HC, WHR, WHtR and SAD were measured using standard techniques and serum adiponectin was estimated by ELISA. Serum adiponectin levels were significantly and inversely correlated with BMI (r = −0.97), WC (r = −0.63), WHR (r = −0.46), WHtR (r = −0.64) and SAD (r = −0.51) (p < 0.001 for all), with BMI being the only significant predictor in males and BMI along with WHtR in females on multivariate regression analysis. Thus, data shows that simple anthropometric indices such as BMI and WHtR may serve as useful tools for early identification of individuals at metabolic risk.

Keywords

Adiponectin, body mass index and obesity

Citation

Kumar et al. Bioinformation 22(9): 6096-6099 (2026)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.