Release of Inflammatory Mediators by Human Adipose Tissue Is Enhanced in Obesity and Primarily by the Nonfat Cells: A Review

Figure 4

Correlation between total release of IL-8, VEGF, Amyloid A, and lactate by adipose tissue and total fat mass. The total release was calculated by averaging release over 48 hours per kg by explants of visceral omental and subcutaneous adipose tissue from 14 [IL-8] or 22 different women (lactate, amyloid A and VEGF) and multiplying by the total fat mass. Tissue samples were from the same women described by Fain et al. [42]. The Pearson correlation coefficients ($r$) are shown on the figure and the $P$ value if statistically significant with a $P<.05$.

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