Table 1

Mean cross-sectional areas of adipocytes and lipid droplets in ABALCs and white fat adipocytes

Cell type
Cross sectional area (μm2)




Lipid droplets




Whole cell
Mean
Range

ABALCs
191.8 ± 8.2*
0.40 ± 0.01*
0.031–6.626
Abdominal fat
716.7 ± 35.4*
51.7 ± 9.7*
0.283–1,262.215

*Significantly different at α = 0.05. One-way ANOVA; Kruskal-Wallis on ranks.

Mezentseva et al. BMC Biology 2008 6:17   doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-17