Anthropometric and clinical characteristics of the study population.

Clinical parameters and serum adipokine concentrations of 141 individuals and subgroups with or without type 2 diabetes (T2D). Data are means ± SD and [range]. *p value <0.05 for differences between obese patients with T2D and obese individuals without T2D. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment – insulin resistance; FFA, free fatty acids; hsCRP, high sensitive C-reactive protein; LPS, Lipopolysacharid (Endotoxin); ANGPTL 3, angiopoietin-like protein 3; ANGPTL 6, angiopoietin-like protein 6; BMP7, bone morphogenetic protein 7; CTRP3, complement C1q tumor necrosis factor-related protein 3; CTRP5, complement C1q tumor necrosis factor-related protein 5; DLL1, delta-like protein 1; DLK1, preadipocyte factor 1; DPP-4, dipeptidyl peptidase-4; GPX3, glutathione peroxidase 3; NAMPT, nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (visfatin); RBP4, retinol binding protein 4; SFRP5, secreted frizzled-related protein-5.