ADIPOQ and rheumatoid arthritis: Given these heterogenous findings coupled with the fact that most of these studies were conducted in Caucasian patients or with relatively higher body mass index (BMI)15–17 and some studies did not adjust for confounders10, we conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate the relationship between adiponectin and disease activity as well as radiographic outcomes in a cohort of treatment-naïve Chinese RA patients using both univariate and multivariable linear regression methods.