ADIPOQ and coronary artery disorder: Patients with CHD-PH had significantly higher serum adiponectin (7.9 ± 5.8 μg/ml) as compared to a group of healthy adults from our hospital (3.61 ± 2.87 μg/ml) and a healthy control group of a Korean study (5.99 ± 2.75 μg/ml), with similar age, BMI and sex distribution [14].