Table 1.
Subject Characteristics.
| Adults† | Children† | |||||
| Males | Females | P value | Males | Females | P value | |
| Total Subjects | 164 | 188 | N/A | 88 | 59 | N/A |
| Caucasian | 67 | 84 | N/A | 13 | 9 | N/A |
| African American | 38 | 53 | N/A | 33 | 28 | N/A |
| Hispanic | 27 | 24 | N/A | 29 | 19 | N/A |
| Asian‡ | 28 | 26 | N/A | 3 | 0 | N/A |
| Age (yrs) | 37.8 ± 14.8 (35.0, 27.0, 44.0) |
44.0 ± 17.4 (41.0, 30.0, 56.0) |
<0.001 | 11.7 ± 3.6 (11.0, 9.0, 15.0) |
11.3 ± 3.4 (11.0, 8.0, 14.0) |
0.635 |
| Weight (kg) | 80.2 ± 13.0 (79.5, 71.3, 88.3) |
67.1 ± 14.9 (65.0, 54.7, 77.6) |
< 0.001 | 50.9 ± 21.7 (50.0, 31.3, 65.1) |
47.7 ± 18.5 (47.2, 33.1, 58.3) |
0.504 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.6 ± 3.7 (25.1, 22.5, 28.3) |
25.5 ± 5.4 (24.7, 21.5, 28.9) |
< 0.001 | 20.6 ± 4.6 (19.9, 16.9, 23.1) |
20.9 ± 5.3 (20.3, 17.1, 23.1) |
0.441 |
| BMI percentile | N/A | N/A | N/A | 61.9 ± 27.1 (71.2, 48.7, 92.8) |
60.0 ± 28.4 (72.8, 46.5, 95.5) |
0.827 |
| TAT (L) | 18.8 ± 8.1 (17.3, 12.4, 23.2) |
25.2 ± 11.9 (21.9, 15.9, 32.2) |
< 0.001 | 13.4 ± 9.5 (10.2, 6.8, 16.8) |
17.7 ± 12.5 (14.0, 8.8, 22.6) |
0.020 |
| VAT (L) | 2.1 ± 1.8 (1.5, 0.7, 3.0) |
1.4 ± 1.2 (1.0, 0.6, 2.1) |
< 0.001 | 0.6 ± 0.5 (0.4, 0.2, 0.8) |
0.6 ± 0.5 (0.5, 0.3, 0.8) |
0.762 |
| SAT (L) | 16.5 ± 6.9 (15.6, 11.3, 20.2) |
23.7 ± 11.1 (20.8, 14.9, 30.5) |
< 0.001 | 12.2 ± 8.5 (9.3, 6.2, 15.3) |
16.4 ± 11.6 (13.0, 8.0, 21.1) |
0.013 |
Results are expressed as mean ± SD and (median, 25th and 75th percentile). †, Children are ages 5–17 years and adults ≥ 18 years. ‡, the Asian sample is a multi-generation mixture of Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Japanese. Abbreviations, N/A, not applicable; TAT, SAT, and VAT are total, subcutaneous, and visceral adipose tissue.