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Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2011 Aug 2;34(5):408–418. doi: 10.1002/nur.20448

Table 3.

Comparison of Two Methods of RNA Extraction from Adipose Tissue Samples

Methods and Samples	Tissue weight mg	RNA Yields
Methods and Samples	Tissue weight mg	260/280	(μg/100 mg)	RIN
Modified STAT-60 Lipids (Tel-Test)
3A	500	1.97	1.8	NA
4A	300	1.96	1.8	NA
Trizol plus RNeasy Lipid Kit
3B	500	2.10	1.7	8.0
4B	300	2.10	2.3	8.0

Note. NA indicates not available. RNA denotes ribonucleic acid. RIN indicates ribonucleic acid integrity number. The ratio between light absorbance at 260 and 280 nm (260/280) indicates the quality of RNA.