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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2022 May 23;46(8):1560–1563. doi: 10.1038/s41366-022-01150-y

Table 1:

Adipose cell size distribution and clinical changes at baseline and post-overfeeding

VARIABLE BASELINE POST-OVERFEEDING

Mean ± SD Mean ± SD p value (% change)

Small Adipocytes (%) 41 ± 21 56 ± 15 0.03

Peak Diameter of Large Adipocytes 87 ± 22 104 ± 14 0.01

Body Weight (kg) 81.7 ± 9.8 88.3 ± 10.1 <.0001

BMI (kg/m2) 25.6 ± 2.3 27.7 ± 2.5 <.0001

Body Fat (%) 18.2 ± 4.8 20.9 ± 4.8 <.0001

SAT (kg) 3.8 ± 1.6 5.0 ± 1.8 <.0001

VAT (kg) 0.56 ± 0.54 0.89 ± 0.66 <.0001

VAT:TAT (%) 11.5 ± 6.2 14.1 ± 6.3 0.002

IHL (%) 1.7 ± 3.9 2.5 ± 6.2 0.001

TRIG (mg/dL) 89.7 ± 41.9 94.3 ± 73.9 0.77

HDL (mg/dL) 53.1 ± 11.4 55.9 ± 11.5 0.04

LDL (mg/dL) 98.8 ± 26.27 119.9 ± 31.6 <.0001

Mean BP (mm Hg) 85.4 ± 5.5 86.5 ± 4.1 0.27

Glucose Infusion (mg/min·[FFM+17.7])

   10 (mU/min·m2 insulin) 2.9 ± 1.0 2.4 ± 0.7 0.005

   50 (mU/min·m2 insulin) 11.5 ± 2.5 10.7 ± 2.6 0.03

Abbreviations: Adipose Tissue, AT; Body Mass Index, BMI; Blood Pressure, BP; High-Density Lipoprotein, HDL; Intrahepatic Lipid, IHL; Low-Density Lipoprotein, LDL; Subcutaneous Abdominal Adipose Tissue, SAT; Visceral Adipose Tissue, VAT; Visceral: Total Abdominal Adipose Tissue, VAT:TAT; Triglycerides, TG