These findings in women [49] were consistent with those of another small study of postmenopausal women with asthma that showed that high serum total adiponectin was associated with milder clinical severity of disease (mean values 16.6 ng/mL in mild to moderate asthma versus 9.8 ng/mL in severe asthma); men with asthma were not included in that study [70]. Here, ADIPOQ is linked to asthma.