Associations between Tissue Visfatin/Nicotinamide, Phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt), Retinol Binding Protein-4, and Vaspin Concentrations and Insulin Resistance in Morbidly Obese Subjects

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="861496.fig.001a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mi/volume-2013/861496/figures/861496.fig.001a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Omental adipose tissue visfatin gene expression levels</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="861496.fig.001b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mi/volume-2013/861496/figures/861496.fig.001b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Omental adipose tissue visfatin gene expression levels</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="861496.fig.001c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mi/volume-2013/861496/figures/861496.fig.001c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Omental adipose tissue visfatin concentrations (ng/mg protein)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="861496.fig.001d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mi/volume-2013/861496/figures/861496.fig.001d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Omental adipose tissue visfatin concentrations (ng/mg protein)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="e"><td><img alt="861496.fig.001e" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mi/volume-2013/861496/figures/861496.fig.001e.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(e) </b>Liver tissue visfatin concentrations (ng/mg protein)</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Correlation between tissue visfatin/Nampt gene or protein expression and blood insulin resistance biomarkers.</table>

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Figure 1: Associations between Tissue Visfatin/Nicotinamide, Phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt), Retinol Binding Protein-4, and Vaspin Concentrations and Insulin Resistance in Morbidly Obese Subjects 

Figure 1 | Associations between Tissue Visfatin/Nicotinamide, Phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt), Retinol Binding Protein-4, and Vaspin Concentrations and Insulin Resistance in Morbidly Obese Subjects 