In women, higher odds of abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL, and high blood pressure were associated with lower concentrations of adiponectin (0.23 (0.07, 0.70), 0.21 (0.09, 0.53), 0.27 (0.11, 0.67), and 0.31 (0.13, 0.74), respectively). The gene discussed is ADIPOQ; the disease is hypertensive disorder.