Table 2 Diabetes-related serum variables and cytometry results for AdPCs.

From: Cytometric analysis of adipose tissue reveals increments of adipocyte progenitor cells after weight loss induced by bariatric surgery

Characteristic

Group

p

No diabetes (N = 28)

Type II diabetes (N = 15)

Male/Female

9/19

6/9

0.740

Glucose (mg/dl)

88.4 ± 1.5

133.5 ± 5.2

<0.001

Insulin (units/ml)

6.2 ± 1.2

14.6 ± 3.3

<0.001

HOMA

1.4 ± 0.7

3.7 ± 0.4

0.020

HbA1c (%)

5.6 ± 0.1

7.0 ± 0.4

0.009

Visceral AdPCsa

223.4 (103.4–293.1)

86.7 (58.8–167.1)

0.031

Subcutaneous AdPCsa

64.8 (34.2–101.0)

50.2 (29.0–133.4)

0.931

Visceral AdPCs (relative)b

23.7 ± 1.5

18.2 ± 1.5

0.071

Subcutaneous AdPCs (relative)b

29.0 ± 1.5

28.3 ± 1.5

0.757

  1. aAdPCs in absolute units (103 cells/g of adipose tissue). Data are presented as median ± interquartile range. bAdPCs in relative units. Data are presented as percentage within the reference population (events positive for CD31, CD34 or CD45).
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