Figure 3

CD14+TLR4+ monocytes are associated with obesity related-inflammatory markers in the plasma. Pearson's correlation coefficient analysis was conducted to investigate the association between monocyte TLR4 expression and plasma levels of obesity related cytokines secretion of MMP-9 (A), VEGF (B) and TNF-α (C). All data are expressed as mean ± SD. P ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant (*P < 0.01; **P < 0.001, ***P < 0.0001).