Table 3.

Statistical significance of the correlations between combined four-site WAT specific mRNA content for peptidic signaling agents and total four-site WAT weight or DNA content (r² and P values)

adipokine gene expression		total site mRNA copies versus weight					total site mRNA copies versus DNA
		RP	Epi	SC	Me	Total	RP	Epi	SC	Mes	Total
site total DNA	r2	0.364	0.929	NS	0.686	NS
	P	0.0492	0.0001		0.0016
perilipin	r2	0.594	0.766	0.563	NS	0.826	NS	0.824	NS	NS	NS
	P	0.0091	0.0004	0.0078		0.0001		0.0001
visfatin	r2	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
	P
leptin	r2	0.507	0.745	0.656	0.647	0.882	NS	0.809	NS	NS	NS
	P	0.0139	0.0004	0.0025	0.0028	0.0000		0.0002
resistin	r2	NS	0.417	0.579	0.515	0.468	NS	0.808	NS	NS	NS
	P		0.0317	0.0065	0.0013	0.0203		0.0004
adiponectin	r2	NS	0.610	0.557	NS	0.649	NS	0.706	NS	0.429	NS
	P		0.0045	0.0083		0.0027		0.0012		0.0286
TNFα	r2	0.486	0.628	0.618	NS	0.523	NS	0.668	NS	NS	NS
	P	0.0171	0.0036	0.0041		0.0119		0.0021
interleukin 1β	r2	NS	0.386	0.369	NS	0.861	NS	0.403	NS	0.415	NS
	P		0.0413	0.0475		0.0001		0.0358		0.0325
interleukin 6	r2	0.487	NS	NS	NS	0.584	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
	P	0.0168				0.0062
VEGF-A	r2	0.523	0.666	0.666	0.609	0.831	NS	0.835	NS	0.529	NS
	P	0.0119	0.0022	0.0021	0.0046	0.0000		0.0000		0.0111
PAI-1	r2	0.654	NS	0.805	NS	0.567	NS	0.533	NS	NS	NS
	P	0.0026		0.0004		0.0075		0.0107
CD68	r2	0.606	0.511	0.476	0.590	0.704	NS	0.499	NS	0.533	NS
	P	0.0048	0.0134	0.0187	0.0165	0.0012		0.0151		0.0107
MCP1	r2	0.488	0.746	0.476	0.455	0.781	NS	0.739	NS	0.576	NS
	P	0.0167	0.0006	0.0187	0.0228	0.0003		0.0007		0.0067

The data are the mean ± sem of six different animals. All units are expressed as mmol/L. Differences between groups: * = P < 0.05 versus controls