Abstract
Twelve patients randomly selected as regards obesity were investigated. Morphological fat tissue parameters (size and number of adipose cells) were measured together with metabolic parameters in blood (K-value, fasting glucose, lactate, triglyceride, and free fatty acids). A high, positive correlation (0·86) between blood lactate and fat cell size was found. Also serum triglyceride and fat cell size showed a positive correlation (0·64). No correlations were found between fat cell number and the measured metabolic parameters.