Comparison of abdominal adipose tissue kinetics in obese with MetS (n = 6) and NMS (n = 4). A: fractional triglyceride (TG) synthesis (fTG, %). B: fractional de novo lipogenesis (fDNL, %). C: adipocyte proliferation (fraction new cells, %). Data are presented as means ± SD and compared using Student's t-test, 2-tail, unpaired.