ADIPOQ and malnutrition: Methods: Among a prospective cohort of 448 hemodialysis patients from the NIH “Malnutrition, Diet, and Racial Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (MADRAD) study who underwent leptin and adiponectin measurements, we examined characteristics associated with high leptin and adiponectin (defined as the highest tertile) using logistic regression.