TABLE 2.
Group interactions of race and sex with diabetes status by adipose tissue compartments, adjusted for weight, height, and age1
| Group-by-sex interaction |
Group-by-race interaction |
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| Men | Women | African Americans | Whites | |
| kg | kg | |||
| T2DM group | ||||
| TAT | 29.2 ± 0.92 [35] | 37.0 ± 0.63 [54] | — | — |
| SAT | — | — | 27.6 ± 0.32 [31] | 26.0 ± 0.24 [62] |
| VAT | — | — | 3.7 ± 0.25 [31] | 5.5 ± 0.24 [60] |
| Control group | ||||
| TAT | 25.8 ± 0.9 [29] | 38.6 ± 0.6 [64] | — | — |
| SAT | — | — | 28.7 ± 0.2 [48] | 28.4 ± 0.2 [45] |
| VAT | — | — | 3.0 ± 0.2 [48] | 3.7 ± 0.2 [45] |
1
All values are means ± SEs; no. of subjects in brackets. T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; TAT, total adipose tissue; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.
2–5
General linear models were used to test differences between groups for adipose tissue compartments within race or sex: 2 P < 0.01, 3 P < 0.05, 4 P < 0.001, 5 P = 0.012.