Abstract
Abstract Body fat, adipose tissue fat cell size and number, plasma lipids, and glucose tolerance with plasma insulin were determined in randomly selected middle-aged men and women and in young men. Body fat correlated with both fat cell size and number. The associations with fat cell size were apparently somewhat stronger than with fat cell number. Middle-aged women had higher body fat than middle-aged men, but no difference could be demonstrated in fat cell size or number. Subjects whose weight was stable were characterized by a normal number of small fat cells. In middle-aged men, fat cell size correlated with plasma insulin concentration. The latter in combination with decreased glucose tolerance was associated with increased plasma triglyceride concentration. In women, none of these associations were found.
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