Table 5 Adipose Tissue Macrophage Burden
From: Preliminary evidence for reduced adipose tissue inflammation in vegetarians compared with omnivores
Macrophage | Abdominal | Femoral | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vegetarian (n = 8) | Omnivore (n = 8) | P-Value | Vegetarian (n = 8) | Omnivore (n = 8) | P-Value | |
CD68 (g/tissue) | 97,540 ± 39,887 | 108,913 ± 42,050 | 0.59 | 97,542 ± 61,479 | 121,874 ± 34,699 | 0.17 |
CD14 (g/tissue) | 45,196 ± 23,459 | 54,319 ± 24,628 | 0.46 | 32,294 ± 29,735 | 49,726 ± 28,638 | 0.12 |
CD206 (g/tissue) | 104,244 ± 38,893 | 111,386 ± 42,418 | 0.73 | 100,792 ± 58,662 | 115,047 ± 42,110 | 0.29 |
CD68 (per 100 adipocytes) | 10.0 ± 5.8 | 14.0 ± 8.6 | 0.31 | 11.3 ± 5.0 | 19.9 ± 4.7 | 0.001 |
CD14 (per 100 adipocytes) | 4.3 ± 2.4 | 6.8 ± 4.0 | 0.15 | 3.6 ± 2.8 | 7.9 ± 4.4 | 0.02 |
CD206 (per 100 adipocytes) | 10.1 ± 4.7 | 15.0 ± 9.5 | 0.21 | 11.9 ± 4.2 | 18.6 ± 5.3 | 0.01 |