Figure 3

Relative gene expression of parameters related to metabolism, appetite/adiposity and inflammatory cytokines in whole adipose tissue samples with varying levels of adiposity. Data are presented as mean $2^{{\text{-ΔΔC}}_{\text{t}}}$±s.e.m. with participants classified equally based on waist circumference (n=30). Effects of adiposity were analysed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), *P<0.05 and **P<0.005. Note that IL-10 was expressed in three lean, eight overweight and seven obese individuals. IL-6, IL-8 and IL-1β were detected in all overweight and obese individuals but only in eight, six and nine lean individuals, respectively.