ADIPOQ and obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency: While another recent study found that adiponectin was linked to obesity in their study of sixty women with PCOS, Another recent study found a strong negative association between adiponectin and age in PCOS women[22].Therefore, the results of this study show that blood adiponectin levels are considerably lower in polycystic ovarian syndrome patients than in healthy controls.