ADIPOQ and chronic kidney disease: The objectives of the present study were, therefore, to relate plasma levels of adiponectin in pediatric CKD patients to body mass index (BMI), inflammatory biomarkers and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), secondly to investigate two SNPs (+276 G>T (rs1501299) and +45 T>G (rs2241766)) in ADIPOQ gene, their possible association with CKD and their impact on plasma adiponectin levels.