Table 2.

Independent Associations Between Fraction of Small Adipose Cells and Inflammatory Genes, Adjusted for Insulin-Resistance Group and Gender^*

Gene	Predictors	β ± SE	Standardized β	P value
TNF-α	Fraction small cells	0.002 ± 0.10	−0.003	0.98
	IR group	0.03 ± 0.02	0.19	0.22
	Gender	0.03 ± 0.02	0.20	0.20
iNOS	Fraction small cells	−0.44 ± 1.36	−0.05	0.74
	IR group	0.06 ± 0.28	0.03	0.84
	Gender	0.01 ± 0.29	0.008	0.96
CD14	Fraction small cells	−1.62 ± 0.63	0.33	0.01
	IR group	0.35 ± 0.13	0.37	0.009
	Gender	0.07 ± 0.13	0.08	.58
CD45	Fraction small cells	2.29 ± 0.87	0.34	0.01
	IR group	0.46 ± 0.18	0.36	0.01
	Gender	−0.18 ± 0.18	−0.14	0.31
CD68	Fraction small cells	0.21 ± 0.64	0.04	0.74
	IR group	0.53 ± 0.73	0.55	0.0002
	Gender	−0.08 ± 0.14	−0.08	0.58
EMR-1	Fraction small cells	1.89 ± 0.74	0.33	0.01
	IR group	0.43 ± 0.15	0.39	0.007
	Gender	−0.14 ± 0.16	−0.12	0.38
IL-6	Fraction small cells	3.29 ± 1.51	0.28	0.04
	IR group	1.03 ± 0.31	0.45	0.002
	Gender	−0.05 ± 0.32	−0.02	0.88
IL-8	Fraction small cells	1.24 ± 1.14	0.13	0.28
	IR group	1.19 ± 0.23	0.63	<0.0001
	Gender	−0.41 ± 0.24	−0.22	0.09
MCP-1	Fraction small cells	0.20 ± 0.06	0.38	0.003
	IR group	0.04 ± 0.01	0.40	0.003
	Gender	0.003 ± 0.01	0.03	0.78

^*P-values are adjusted for gender and insulin resistance group via multiple linear regression analysis. Adjustment for BMI did not alter results.