Yet, study results for the association of plasma adiponectin with the risk of BE are in disagreement: some studies reported an inverse association [70,71,72], another study detected a statistically significant inverse association only in males but not in females [73], other studies could not find any significant association [55,56], and yet another study found higher adiponectin levels to increase rather than decrease the risk of BE [74]. Here, ADIPOQ is linked to Barrett esophagus.