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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients

From: Blockade of TGF-β signalling alleviates human adipose stem cell senescence induced by native ECM in obesity visceral white adipose tissue

 

Lean (n = 3)

Obese (n = 8)

p Value

Body mass index (kg/m2)

20.93 ± 0.04

45.35 ± 1.11

0.0020

Age (years)

26.67 ± 1.91

31.13 ± 0.82

0.3717

Gender (male/female)

3 (0/3)

8 (4/4)

Glucose (mmol/L)

4.76 ± 0.11

7.92 ± 0.42

0.1748

Fasting serum insulin (uU/mL)

20.62 ± 0.98

HOMA-IR

2.95 ± 0.16

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

0.85 ± 0.13

2.67 ± 0.23

0.1623

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.78 ± 0.26

4.49 ± 0.06

0.5225

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.44 ± 0.01

1.01 ± 0.02

0.0047

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.69 ± 0.22

2.79 ± 0.08

0.8418

  1. HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein. Data are expressed as the means ± SEM