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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Nov 21;25(1):207–214. doi: 10.1002/oby.21670

Table 1.

Demographic Information Table 1 compares the characteristics of all subjects who received an adipose tissue biopsy to the subgroups who also had follow-up data available and who had measurement of energy expenditure and substrate oxidation in a metabolic chamber

Analysis Units Cross-Sectional Follow-Up Chamber
Gender - Male Female Male Female Male Female
Race NA/C/Ha 142/36/1f 130/16/0g 115/11/1f 114/2/0g 33/26/0f 46/7/0g
Age Years
(Mean±SDj)
26.8±5.9 26.7±6.2 26.0±5.6 25.9±5.6 28.1±5.8 27.0±6.3
Weight (kg) Kg (
Mean±SDj )
100.3±27.8 90.5±21.6 102.3±28.4 91.3±20.8 106.0±29.9 93.6±22.7
%Fat %
(Mean±SDj )
28.0±8.4 38.5±6.6 29.8±8.2 39.2±6.2 28.2±9.2 39.0±6.8
Fx Glucoseb mg/dl
(Mean±SDj )
95.0±12.0 102.5±26.8 93.9±14.2 101.6±25.7 97.6±7.9 99.2±10.9
2H Glucoseb mg/dl
(Mean±SDj )
126.8±39.9 156.0±57.0 126.2±44.7 156.6±58.1 128.7±30.7 154.4±40.9
BasLipc fmoles/cell*s
(Median[95%
CIk])
.11[.07-.17] .12[.08-.19] .11[.08-.16] .14[.08-.20] .10[.07-.16] .17[.08-.22]
BasLipSAd 10-21
moles/μm2*s
(Median[95%
CIk])
2.5[1.7-3.7] 2.8[1.8-4.0] 2.7[1.8-3.7] 3.0[1.9-4.3] 2.4[1.8-3.4] 2.9[1.4-4.2]
AVCSe μg lipid/cell
(Mean±SDj )
0.73±0.23h 0.88±0.24i 0.70±0.19h 0.85±0.24i 0.87±0.30h 1.02±0.27i
a

NA=Native American, C=Caucasian, H=Hispanic

b

Fx=Fasting and 2h=2 hour glucose (mg/dl)

c

BasLip=Basal lipolysis per cell

d

BasLipSA=Basal lipolysis per μm2

e

AVCS=Average cell size (μg lipid/cell)

f

Significant differences between all groups, p<0.001

g

Subjects with follow-up data different from all other groups, p=0.005

h

Subjects with data from the metabolic chamber different from all other groups, p<0.001

i

Subjects with data from the metabolic chamber different from all other groups, p<0.001

j

SD=Standard deviation

k

CI=Confidence interval