Table 4.

Plasma fatty acid, adipocytokine concentrations, and tissue lipid content in Caucasian and Asian-Indian men

Plasma metabolite concentrations and tissue lipid content	n	Asian-Indian	Caucasian	P value	Adjusted Asian-Indian	Adjusted Caucasian	Adjusted P value
Fatty acids, mmol/liter	15/87	0.43 (0.33, 0.56)	0.39 (0.36, 0.42)	0.41	0.39 (0.31, 0.48)	0.39 (0.36, 0.42)	0.96
Adiponectin, μg/ml	27/120	6.2 (5.0, 7.6)	8.0 (7.3, 8.9)	0.02	6.9 (5.5, 8.7)	7.9 (7.2, 8.7)	0.28
IL-6, pg/ml	22/107	1.60 (1.16, 2.21)	0.78 (0.67, 0.91)	<0.001	1.48 (1.05, 2.10)	0.79 (0.68, 0.91)	0.001
TNF-α, pg/ml	15/82	1.29 (1.02, 1.62)	1.13 (1.02, 1.25)	0.32	1.28 (1.00, 1.64)	1.13 (1.02, 1.25)	0.35
Leptin, ng/ml	21/119	4.7 (3.6, 6.1)	2.4 (2.2, 2.7)	<0.001	3.6 (2.8, 4.7)	2.5 (2.2, 2.8)	0.01
Liver triglyceride, %	23/73	1.94 (1.31, 2.89)	0.75 (0.60, 0.93)	<0.001	1.54 (1.00, 2.38)	0.77 (0.62, 0.96)	0.007
IMCL, %	24/99	1.03 (0.86, 1.24)	0.74 (0.68, 0.81)	0.001	0.90 (0.74, 1.09)	0.76 (0.69, 0.83)	0.12

All comparisons were made with adjustment for BMI and age. Adjusted values show comparisons further adjusted for ISI. IMCL, intramyocellular lipid.