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. 2011 Nov 11;6(11):e27694. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027694

Table 2. Correlation analysis between adiposity indices including visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue (VAT and SAT) measured by CT and android and gynoid fat measured by DXA with various variables.

VAT SAT Android fat Gynoid fat
Age (years) −0.078 −0.111 −0.128* −0.167*
BMI (kg/m2) 0.675** 0.649** 0.773** 0.697**
Waist circumference (cm) 0.598** 0.438** 0.661** 0.450**
By DXA
Whole body muscle mass (kg) 0.314** −0.288** 0.169* −0.111*
Whole body fat mass (kg) 0.696** 0.809** 0.927** 0.945**
Android fat mass (kg) 0.813** 0.684** 1 0.797**
Gynoid fat mass (kg) 0.568** 0.794** 0.797** 1
Android/gynoid fat ratio 0.624** 0.163** 0.594** 0.032
By CT
VAT (cm2) 1 0.442** 0.813** 0.568**
SAT (cm2) 0.442** 1 0.684** 0.794**
VAT/SAT 0.544** −0.413** 0.159** −0.137*
By cardiac CT angiography
Coronary artery stenosis 0.225** −0.098 0.201** 0.033
Biochemical data
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 0.211** 0.169* 0.238** 0.147*
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) −0.284** −0.049 −0.224** −0.079
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 0.036 0.108 0.063 0.112**
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) 0.207** 0.074 0.205** 0.035
Fasting insulin (µIU/mL) 0.488** 0.414** 0.478** 0.391**
HOMA-IR 0.514** 0.400** 0.509** 0.362**
A1C (%) 0.205** 0.120 0.244** 0.067
Adiponectin (µg/mL) −0.346** −0.110 −0.276** −0.092
hsCRP (mg/dL) 0.075 −0.057 0.023 0.006

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).