Table 2.

Effect of overfeeding on regional adipose cellularity

Variable	Preoverfeeding	Postoverfeeding	Absolute change	P value (absolute change)	Change relative to baseline (%)	P value (relative change)
s.c. adipocyte size, μg lipid/cell (n = 13 women, 14 men)
Abdominal	0.38 ± 0.03	0.48 ± 0.05	0.11 ± 0.03	0.001	39 ± 11	0.0008
Femoral	0.57 ± 0.04	0.60 ± 0.04	0.03 ± 0.03	0.2	12 ± 8	0.07
s.c. adipocyte number, ×109 (n = 13 women, 14 men)
Upper body	20.2 ± 1.3	20.1 ± 1.2	−0.2 ± 1.1	0.8	3 ± 5	0.6
Lower body	12.7 ± 1.0	15.3 ± 1.3	2.6 ± 0.9	0.004	23 ± 7	0.001

Values are means ± SEM.