Table 3.

Age-adjusted risk factors by sex-specific SAT tertile within sex-specific VAT tertiles

	Women				Men
	SAT tertile 1	SAT tertile 2	SAT tertile 3	Age-adjusted SAT linear P value	SAT tertile 1	SAT tertile 2	SAT tertile 3	Age-adjusted SAT linear P value
VAT tertile 1
Age	46.9 ± 0.6	47.8 ± 0.6	47.2 ± 0.6	0.74	45.2 ± 0.6	45.0 ± 0.6	44.3 ± 0.6	0.34
SBP	109 ± 1	111 ± 1	114 ± 1	<0.001	117 ± 1	118 ± 1	118 ± 1	0.13
Fasting glucose	87.8 ± 0.8	89.3 ± 0.8	89.2 ± 0.8	0.22	94.2 ± 1.3	97.7 ± 1.3	96.7 ± 1.3	0.16
Log triglycerides	4.2 ± 0.03	4.2 ± 0.03	4.3 ± 0.03	0.13	4.4 ± 0.04	4.5 ± 0.04	4.5 ± 0.04	<0.001
Impaired fasting glucose*	3.1	4.8	3.7	0.76	19.1	21.0	29.1	0.03
Diabetes	0.0	2.1	1.1	0.95	1.4	1.4	3.1	0.25
High triglycerides†	2.8	3.6	7.4	0.06	12.1	19.7	20.4	0.04
Low HDL‡	9.7	11.6	15.9	0.10	14.0	13.4	16.7	0.49
Hypertension	6.3	7.7	7.9	0.55	7.2	12.8	15.4	0.02
Metabolic syndrome	0.0	0.4	2.5	0.93	3.5	5.2	8.8	0.04
VAT tertile 2
Age	53.6 ± 0.7	50.8 ± 0.7	50.0 ± 0.7	<0.001	49.5 ± 0.7	49.3 ± 0.7	45.8 ± 0.7	<0.001
SBP	117 ± 1	119 ± 1	122 ± 1	0.01	123 ± 1	124 ± 1	123 ± 1	0.69
Fasting glucose	94.2 ± 1.0	93.3 ± 1.0	94.0 ± 1.0	0.91	97.5 ± 1.1	101.5 ± 1.1	101.2 ± 1.1	0.02
Log triglycerides	4.5 ± 0.04	4.6 ± 0.04	4.5 ± 0.04	0.96	4.9 ± 0.04	4.9 ± 0.04	4.9 ± 0.04	0.29
Impaired fasting glucose*	15.4	13.9	18.2	0.50	31.4	37.9	47.5	0.003
Diabetes	3.3	2.3	1.2	0.21	2.2	3.3	3.9	0.32
High triglycerides†	20.0	22.8	21.5	0.74	55.4	44.9	47.3	0.14
Low HDL‡	22.3	17.8	24.5	0.65	37.7	34.7	36.1	0.77
Hypertension	14.9	19.3	19.7	0.27	21.2	26.4	31.3	0.04
Metabolic syndrome	8.3	14.1	27.2	<0.0001	22.5	33.1	50.7	<0.0001
VAT tertile 3
Age	58.5 ± 0.7	55.2 ± 0.7	52.8 ± 0.7	<0.0001	56.0 ± 0.8	51.9 ± 0.8	50.7 ± 0.8	<0.0001
SBP	127 ± 1	127 ± 1	130 ± 1	0.10	127 ± 1	128 ± 1	131 ± 1	0.02
Fasting glucose	98.1 ± 1.7	104.3 ± 1.6	104.3 ± 1.7	0.01	107.9 ± 1.9	105.4 ± 1.9	107.3 ± 1.9	0.82
Log triglycerides	4.8 ± 0.04	4.9 ± 0.04	4.9 ± 0.04	0.75	5.0 ± 0.04	4.9 ± 0.04	4.9 ± 0.04	0.05
Impaired fasting glucose*	30.0	30.3	41.7	0.03	49.6	50.4	48.6	0.85
Diabetes	4.0	8.4	7.6	0.13	10.8	9.2	14.9	0.26
High triglycerides†	50.6	45.2	41.0	0.10	64.4	52.5	52.7	0.03
Low HDL‡	36.3	37.0	40.5	0.46	48.4	39.8	38.8	0.08
Hypertension	40.2	40.9	49.1	0.14	43.3	38.3	52.0	0.12
Metabolic syndrome	51.2	51.8	65.1	0.02	55.6	61.8	73.0	0.001

Data are means ± SEM or %.

*Defined as fasting plasma glucose 100–125 mg/dl in the absence of diabetes treatment.

†Defined as triglycerides ≥150 mg/dl or lipid treatment.

‡Defined as HDL <40 mg/dl (men) or 50 mg/dl (women). SBP, systolic blood pressure.