ADIPOQ and metabolic syndrome: In ER/PR-negative patients, positive trends were observed in adiponectin (P- value for trend = 0.035 in model1, 0.020 in model2), HOMA-IR (P-value for trend = 0.022 in model 1, 0.035 in model 2), and metabolic syndrome (P-value for trend = 0.049 in model 1, 0.691 in model 2).