. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 18.

Published in final edited form as: Obes Surg. 2009 Oct 29;20(1):93–107. doi: 10.1007/s11695-009-0002-9

Table 3.

Adipocyte measurements and fatty acid uptake kinetics

Group	Diameter (μm)	Surface area per cell (μm)²	Volume per cell (pL)	V_max (pmol/s/50,000 cells)	K_m (nM)	k (ml/s/50,000 cells)	V_max/SA×10⁸ (pmol/s/μ²)
Cohort 1
Obese	94.7±6.8^**	32,717±9,492^****	486±191	19.6±4.7^*	149±15	0.0105±0.0055	1.20±0.45
Control	53.4±4.4	9,953±1,659	81±18	4.8±2.0	142±49	0.0068±0.0018	0.96±0.43
Cohort 2
Obese 2	101.6±4.4^***	32,799±2,784^***	568±71^***	ND	ND	ND	ND
Control 2	58.1±5.8	10,910±2,630	112±42	ND	ND	ND	ND

p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.01;

^***

p < 0.001;

^****

0.1 > p > 0.05 compared with cohort controls