TABLE 1.

Correlation analysis between total fibrosis amount in scWAT and oWAT and clinical characteristics in 65 obese patients

	Fibrosis in scWAT		Fibrosis in oWAT
	R	P	R	P
Age	0.06	ns	0.01	ns
Sex*		ns		<0.01
Adiposity markers
BMI	0.06	ns	0.12	ns
Fat mass	0.11	ns	0.18	ns
Adipocytes diameter	0.01	ns	−0.30	0.02
Plasma parameters
Triglycerides	0.22	ns	−0.42	<0.01
HDL cholesterol	0.03	ns	0.28	0.03
Apolipoprotein A1	0.05	ns	0.25	0.05
Diabetic status*		ns		ns
Quicki	0.04	ns	0.03	ns
Inflammatory markers
IL-6	0.20	ns	0.16	ns
hsCRP	0.11	ns	0.07	ns

*Statistical analysis with χ² test for noncontinuous measures. ns, not significant; Quicki, quantitative insulin sensitivity check index.