Human Visceral Adipose Tissue Macrophages Are Not Adequately Defined by Standard Methods of Characterization

Table 1

Patient demographics with all values expressed as mean ± SEM.

	Lean ()	Obese ()
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.3 ± 0.4	49.2 ± 1.2
Age (years)	45 ± 5	42 ± 2
Presence of diabetes	1/8	14/50
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	79 ± 5	89 ± 3
Fasting insulin (μIU/ml)	2.9 ± 0.9	18.3 ± 2.6
HOMA-IR score	0.6 ± 0.2	3.9 ± 0.7
Plasma adiponectin (ng/ml)	18360 ± 2895	7908 ± 652
Plasma leptin	27.8 ± 8.8	57.3 ± 4.5

, , and . BMI: body mass index; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance. Excludes patients with diabetes.