Table 2 Clinical characteristics and metabolic markers of subjects.

From: Adipocytes regulate monocyte development through the OGT-NEFA-CD36/FABP4 pathway in high-fat diet-induced obesity

Clinical indication

underweight people (n = 57)

Normal range (n = 883)

overweight people (n = 731)

p value

Age (year)

21–67

19–93

20–88

<0.0001

Gender (Male/Female)

12/45

335/548

544/187

<0.0001

BMI

17.62 ± 0.73

22.29 ± 1.73

27.92 ± 2.56

<0.0001

WBC (*109/L)

5.59 ± 1.39

5.93 ± 1.43

6.53 ± 1.54

<0.0001

RBC (*1012/L)

4.58 ± 0.38

4.68 ± 0.46

5.01 ± 0.43

<0.0001

HGB (g/L)

135.02 ± 16.29

138.88 ± 17.18

150.32 ± 14.58

<0.0001

PLT (*109/L)

263.82 ± 55.52

263.59 ± 60.56

263.38 ± 58.79

0.9967

NEU (*109/L)

3.25 ± 1.10

3.47 ± 1.11

3.79 ± 1.13

<0.0001

LYM (*109/L)

1.91 ± 0.53

1.97 ± 0.53

2.17 ± 0.64

<0.0001

MONO (*109/L)

0.30 ± 0.09

0.33 ± 0.11

0.38 ± 0.11

<0.0001

EOS (*109/L)

0.10 ± 0.07

0.13 ± 0.12

0.16 ± 0.15

<0.0001

BAS (*109/L)

0.03 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.02

0.0002

NEU%

57.32 ± 8.18

57.89 ± 7.93

57.61 ± 7.54

0.7082

LYM%

34.82 ± 8.03

33.73 ± 7.37

33.59 ± 7.18

0.4779

MON%

5.53 ± 1.28

5.65 ± 1.45

5.87 ± 1.42

0.0018

EOS%

1.84 ± 1.17

2.21 ± 1.90

2.42 ± 1.99

0.0103

BAS%

0.50 ± 0.23

0.51 ± 0.28

0.51 ± 0.28

0.9242

TC (mmol/L)

4.46 ± 0.84

4.74 ± 0.91

4.95 ± 0.90

<0.0001

TG (mmol/L)

0.91 ± 0.56

1.22 ± 1.08

1.87 ± 1.60

<0.0001

HDL (mmol/L)

1.64 ± 0.33

1.41 ± 0.32

1.22 ± 0.25

<0.0001

LDL (mmol/L)

2.23 ± 0.66

2.71 ± 0.71

2.97 ± 0.72

<0.0001

FBG (mmol/L)

4.49 ± 0.46

4.77 ± 1.0

5.13 ± 1.34

<0.0001

NEFA (μmol/dL)

32.8 ± 8.58 (n = 10)

40.8 ± 8.04 (n = 55)

47.4 ± 7.86 (n = 36)

<0.0001

EPA (pg/mL)

340.74 ± 200.51 (n = 10)

363.95 ± 458.63 (n = 55)

386.91 ± 309.30 (n = 36)

0.1761

  1. BMI body mass index, WBC white blood cell, RBC red blood cell, HGB Hemoglobin, PLT platelet, NEU Neutrophil, LYM lymphocyte, MONO monocytes, EOS eosinophil, BAS basophils, TC total cholesterol, TG triacylglycerol, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, GLU glucose, NEFA nonesterified fatty acids, EPA eicosapentaenoic acid.