Clinical Study
Human Mature Adipocytes Express Albumin and This Expression Is Not Regulated by Inflammation
Table 2
Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of the 12 subjects who underwent the adipose tissue biopsy.
| | Noninflamed subjects | Chronic inflamed patients | value |
| | N | 6 | 6 | NS | | Sex (M/F) | 4/2 | 3/3 | NS | | Age, yr (range) | (39–48) | (34–49) | NS | | Body weight, kg (range) | (62.9–88.2) | (63.2–90.7) | NS | | BMI, kg/m² (range) | (24.8–28.1) | (24.6–28.7) | NS | | Waist circumf., cm (range) | (83–106) | (79–108) | NS | | Waist-to-hip ratio (range) | (0.53–1.21) | () | NS | | C-RP, mg/L (range) | (1.6–3.0) | (4.1–14.6) | | | IL-6, pg/mL (range) | (1.3–4.9) | (10.3–40.3) | |
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Values are expressed as means SD; M, male; F, female; NS, not significant; C-RP, C-reactive protein.
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