Characterisation and comparison of adipose tissue macrophages from human subcutaneous, visceral and perivascular adipose tissue

Table 3 Different phenotypes of macrophages isolated from adipose tissues from women

CD14+				Women	SCAT	Significance (SCAT × VAT)	VAT	Significance (VAT × PVAT)	PVAT	Significance (SCAT × PVAT)
CD16	CD36	CD163		Women	SCAT	Significance (SCAT × VAT)	VAT	Significance (VAT × PVAT)	PVAT	Significance (SCAT × PVAT)
+			%	PreW	47.8 ± 13.9	n.s.	47.2 ± 15.1	n.s.	48.1 ± 12.7	n.s.
				PostW	47.8 ± 14.6	p < 0.005	59.0 ± 12.0	n.s.	55.7 ± 13.7	n.s.
				P* (PreW × PostW)	n.s.		p < 0.02		n.s.
+	+++		%	PreW	30.8 ± 13.4	n.s.	34.7 ± 16.0	n.s.	34.8 ± 13.0	n.s.
				PostW	31.7 ± 14.7	p < 0.0005	42.8 ± 11.9	n.s.	45.2 ± 15.3	p < 0.001
				P* (PreW × PostW)	n.s.		n.s.		p < 0.05
+	+++	−	%	PreW	13.7 ± 8.9	p < 0.02	22.0 ± 6.3	n.s.	25.2 ± 12.5	p < 0.005
				PostW	16.3 ± 8.8	p < 0.0005	28.0 ± 11.4	p < 0.05	32.3 ± 11.4	p < 0.0001
				P* (PreW × PostW)	n.s.		p < 0.05		n.s.
−	+	+	%	PreW	44.5 ± 13.7	n.s.	43.5 ± 14.1	n.s.	40.7 ± 12.7	n.s.
				PostW	45.0 ± 13.2	p < 0.05	33.8 ± 10.5	n.s.	36.3 ± 12.2	n.s.
				P* (PreW × PostW)	n.s.		p < 0.05		n.s.

Proportions of macrophages isolated from subcutaneous adipose tissues of women of premenopausal age (SCAT, n = 15) and from visceral and perivascular adipose tissues (VAT and PVAT, n = 16) of women of postmenopausal age (SCAT, n = 16, VAT and PVAT, n = 17), n.s. non-significant
The results are expressed as the mean of the proportion ±SD and by significance according to the Student’s paired parametric t test and the * Student’s unpaired parametric t test

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