Table 3. Age, ethnicity and FM-adjusted risk factor percentages by sex-specific SAT tertiles within sex-specific VAT tertiles.

	Males				Females
	SAT tertile 1	SAT tertile 2	SAT tertile 3	P-value	SAT tertile 1	SAT tertile 2	SAT tertile 3	P-value
VAT tertile 1 (%)
High BPa	14.0	19.6	21.4	0.581	19.5	19.3	7.4	0.043
High glucoseb	12.3	33.9	33.9	0.008	7.3	12.1	12.4	0.515
High triglyceridesc	5.3	10.7	10.7	0.499	3.7	7.2	8.6	0.449
Low HDL-Cd	10.5	17.9	25.0	0.138	11.0	20.5	22.2	0.122
2+ Risk factorse	7.0	25.0	30.4	0.003	6.1	15.7	32.1	<0.001
VAT tertile 2 (%)
High BPa	22.8	33.9	46.4	0.031	30.5	33.7	35.4	0.811
High glucoseb	61.4	53.6	58.9	0.700	34.2	34.9	28.1	0.598
High triglyceridesc	31.6	46.4	39.3	0.288	23.2	28.9	20.7	0.486
Low HDL-Cd	19.3	30.4	30.4	0.290	18.3	28.9	34.2	0.060
2+ Risk factorse	42.1	67.9	80.4	<0.001	40.2	55.4	70.7	<0.001
VAT tertile 3 (%)
High BPa	48.2	51.8	58.9	0.556	51.9	42.9	50.0	0.475
High glucoseb	62.5	51.8	57.1	0.539	58.0	64.3	57.3	0.608
High triglyceridesc	66.1	60.7	55.4	0.531	48.2	41.7	45.1	0.715
Low HDL-Cd	30.4	37.5	37.5	0.681	30.9	38.1	51.2	0.028
2+ Risk factorse	85.7	96.4	96.4	0.058	74.1	84.5	89.0	0.041

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; FM, total body fat mass; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SAT, subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.

^aHigh BP defined as SBP ⩾130 mm Hg and DBP ⩾85 mm Hg.

^bHigh glucose defined as ⩾100 mg dl⁻¹ (5.55 mmol l⁻¹).

^cHigh triglycerides defined as ⩾150 mg dl⁻¹ (1.70 mmol l⁻¹).

^dLow HDL-C defined as <40 mg dl⁻¹ (1.04 mmol l⁻¹) for males and <50 mg dl⁻¹ (1.3 mmol l⁻¹) for females.

^e2+ Risk factors defined as two or more of high BP, high glucose, high triglycerides or low HDL-C.