Figure 1

Adipocyte cell size correlations. (A) Adipocyte cell size is positively correlated to circulating triglycerides (R = 0.51, p = 0.003) and circulating insulin levels (R = 0.52, p = 0.002). (B) Adipose cell size (R = −0.54, p = 0.001), WHR (R = −0.63, p < 0.001) and BMI (R = −0.35, p = 0.05) are all significantly and inversely associated with circulating adiponectin levels. (C) Adipose cell size tends to be negatively associated with the expression the glucose transporter GLUT4 protein (R = −0.35, p = 0.051) and is negatively associated with mRNA (R = −0.40, p = 0.023) in the adipose tissue in non-obese subjects.