Table 3.

Inflammatory markers in abdominal adipose tissue and spleen in wild type group (WT; n = 6) and ob/ob group (OB; n = 6).

	WT	OB
ABDOMINAL ADIPOSE TISSUE
IL-6 (pg/ml)	154 ± 7	141 ± 16
PAI-1 (pg/ml)	1, 353 ± 211	4, 616 ± 710*
SPLEEN
TNF alpha (pg/ml)	70 ± 5	96 ± 4*
IL-6 (pg/ml)	148 ± 15	380 ± 52*
PAI-1 (pg/ml)	1, 577 ± 407	3, 706 ± 723*

Data are reported as mean ± SEM.

^*p < 0.05 vs. WT.