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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2008 Feb 6;294(4):R1111–R1116. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00396.2007

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Fatty acid partitioning [labeled oleate incorporation into triacylglycerol (TAG) divided by FAO] in myotubes cultured from skeletal muscle samples obtained from lean and obese donors (23). An increased fatty acid partitioning ratio indicates preferential portioning toward storage within the muscle cell as opposed to oxidation. The positive relationship between the FAO partitioning index of the myotubes and the body mass index of the donor was statistically significant (r2 = 0.66, P < 0.001). HSkMC, human skeletal muscle cell culture method.