ADIPOQ and obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency: Adiponectin levels, including HMW-adn and HMW-adn/T-adn, were negatively correlated with BMI, %BF, WC, and WHtR, while correlation coefficients of adiponectin levels with anthropometric variables in the obesity group were consistently higher than those in the non-obesity group for both boys and girls.