Population
150 young, healthy subjects (83 normal-weight, 48 overweight, and 19 obese)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Suggests adipogenesis and extracellular matrix remodeling may drive metabolic risk before clinical disease; leaves open whether targeting.
In young, healthy individuals, overweight and obesity are associated with altered adipose tissue gene expression, with adipogenesis and extracellular matrix remodeling being independently associated with insulin sensitivity.
Matulewicz et al. (2017) studied this question.