ADIPOQ and metabolic syndrome: Of all the covariates used, age was found to be the most important contributor, and metabolic syndrome and serum adiponectin as the least important contributors (age: 100%; gender: 75.5%; serum TSH: 24.1%; HOMA-IR: 17%; serum adiponectin: 11%; metabolic syndrome score: 10.8%) to the model.