ADIPOQ and sarcopenia: In addition, the prevalence of sarcopenia was reported to differ between men and women, and meta-regression analysis revealed an important role for females in explaining the association between sarcopenia and adiponectin, suggesting that women have higher levels of adiponectin than men, as they seem to express more plasma adiponectin than men, regardless of fat mass and BMI, due to the influence of sex hormones [8].