In stratified analysis, total adiponectin concentrations associated significantly with high blood pressure values as well favorable lipid parameters and low number of metabolic risk factors in black but not white patients; total adiponectin concentrations related to low glucose concentrations and large VCAM-1 and MCP-1 concentrations as well as large endothelial activation score in white but not black participants. Here, ADIPOQ is linked to hypertensive disorder.