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Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Jun 4;3(5):559–566. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.110.956706

Table 4.

Clinical Characteristics by Intra-thoracic and Pericardial Fat Categories

					P-values
Risk Factor	Normal Intra-thoracic Fat Normal Pericardial Fat	Normal Intra-thoracic Fat High Pericardial Fat	High Intra-thoracic Fat Normal Pericardial Fat	High Intra-thoracic Fat High Pericardial Fat	Between Discordant Categories	Across All Categories
Men
N (%)	998 (58.5)	181 (10.6)	215 (12.5)	313 (18.3)
Age (yrs)	47.0	50.5	50.6	55.54	0.95	<0.0001
BMI (kg/m²)	26.7	29.1	30.2	32.28	0.01	<0.0001
WC (cm)	96.0	103.4	105.7	111.09	0.03	<0.0001
Fat Volume (cm³)
Intra-thoracic	90.5	118.3	190.4	214.2	<0.0001	<0.0001
Pericardial	99.1	162.1	116.8	188.55	<0.0001	<0.0001
Visceral abdominal	1726.5	2295.0	2759.8	3322.83	<0.0001	<0.0001

Women
N (%)	944 (58.8)	95 (5.9)	241 (15.1)	325 (20.2)
Age (yrs)	48.8	52.9	56.8	57.65	0.0004	<0.0001
BMI (kg/m²)	24.6	27.4	30.0	32.15	<0.0001	<0.0001
WC (cm)	86.5	95.1	100.8	106.66	0.0003	<0.0001
Fat Volume (cm³)
Intra-thoracic	43.2	56.0	94.3	117.24	<0.0001	<0.0001
Pericardial	78.8	138.6	96.0	154.96	<0.0001	<0.0001
Visceral abdominal	916.0	1336.3	1821.5	2293.7	<0.0001	<0.0001

BMI – body mass index; WC – waist circumference