Characteristics of the population, circulating FABP4 levels and FABP4 expression levels in cohort 2.

BMI, body mass index; SBP, Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP, Diastolic Blood Pressure; HDL-C,HDL cholesterol; HOMA-IR, Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.aAlcohol consumption was considered from 0.5–1 drink/day for women and 1–2 drinks/day for men.Differences vs. Lean: *P¶Pvs. Morbid no IR:#P§PDifferences vs. Morbid IR: Γ, Pfor normal variables or median and interquartile range (25th–75th) for non-normally distributed variables. Discrete variables are expressed as frequency.