Exercise Induced Adipokine Changes and the Metabolic Syndrome

Table 3

Some differences between visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue [105].

	Visceral fat	Subcutaneous fat
Sensitivity to catecholamine induced lipolysis	Higher	Lower
Sensitivity to insulin’s antilipolytic effects	Lower	Higher
Density of glucocorticoid receptors	Higher	Lower
Androgen receptors	Higher	Lower
Leptin secretion and leptin mRNA expression	Higher	Lower
Secretion of IL-6 (as an adipokine)	Higher	Lower