Mean circulating concentration of inflammatory markers.

Data represented as mean±SEM. LH, lean healthy; MHO, metabolically healthy obese; MUO, metabolically unhealthy obese; hsCRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin-6, IFN-γ, interferon γ; IP-10, interferon-γ inducible protein 10; PDGF-ββ, platelet-derived growth factor ββ; RANTES, regulated upon activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted; HMW adiponectin, high molecular weight adiponectin; IL-1Ra, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist. A non-parametric ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis test followed by a post-hoc Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test was used to determine significance between groups (P<0.05).