Author, year | Subjects’ characteristics | T2DM | Obesity | BMI (kg/m 2 ) | MetS | Expression in VAT (AU) | Expression in SAT (AU) |
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Alberti, 2007 [6] | n: 62 | 12 (19.4) | 62 (100.0) | 37.4 ± 5.1 | 25 (40.3) | MetS+: 2.6 ± 0.5 | MetS+: 2.0 ± 1.5 |
Female: 52 (83.9) | |||||||
Age: 44.4 ± 11.1 | MetS-: 1.7 ± 1.0 | MetS-: 0.7 ± 0.4a | |||||
Ethnicity: N/D | |||||||
Muñoz, 2009 [8] | n: 32 | 6 (18.8) | 32 (100.0) | 36.7 ± 3.8 | 16 (50.0) | MetS+: 7.5 | MetS+: 11.6 |
Female: 21 (65.6) | MetS-: 10.3 | MetS-: 12.3 | |||||
Age: 40.2 ± 12.3 |  |  | |||||
Ethnicity: N/D | Â | Â | |||||
Michalaki, 2012 [7] | n = 27 | 2 (7.4) | 19 (70.4) | 46.1 ± 6.6 | 11 (40.7) | Lean controls: 27.8 ± 16.0 | MetS+: 86.5 ± 29.8 |
MetS+: 62.9 ± 24.4 |  | ||||||
MetS-: 107.2 ± 77.7b | MetS-: 155.9 ± 124.9 | ||||||
 | Female: 27 (100) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Age: 37.3 ± 9.7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Ethnicity: N/D |  |  |  |  |  |  |