Table 1.

Characteristics of subjects with low and high VAT

	Obese men	Low VAT	High VAT	Pa
n	35	17	17
Age (yr)	33.8 ± 6.4	33.5 ± 5.8	33.9 ± 7.3	0.9
Weight (kg)	118.2 ± 21.7	113.2 ± 20.4	124.8 ± 22.1	0.1
BMI (kg/m2)	36.5 ± 5.8	35.0 ± 5.6	38.4 ± 5.6	0.09
IGF-I (ng/ml)	126.8 ± 42.4	138.4 ± 42.0	112.6 ± 40.6	0.08
IGF-I SDS	−1.8 ± 0.5	−1.7 ± 0.5	−1.9 ± 0.5	0.2
Peak stimulated GH (ng/ml)	5.1 ± 6.4	7.4 ± 8.1	2.3 ± 2.0	0.02
Estradiol (pg/ml)	34.5 ± 13.0	38.4 ± 15.6	31.6 ± 8.0	0.1
Testosterone (ng/dl)	380.3 ± 132.6	422.6 ± 134.0	327.4 ± 111.9	0.03
25(OH)D (ng/ml)	24.1 ± 9.2	23.8 ± 9.2	25.3 ± 8.9	0.6
Thigh muscle area (cm2)	214.3 ± 32.1	221.4 ± 38.7	207.3 ± 22.8	0.2
Parasp muscle area (cm2)	133.8 ± 13.4	132.3 ± 15.6	135.2 ± 11.2	0.5
Dtot (mg HA/cm3)	349.8 ± 56.3	368.6 ± 51.2	331.8 ± 58.3	0.06
Dtrab (mg HA/cm3)	215.9 ± 28.6	229.8 ± 21.5	206.0 ± 26.4	0.007
TbTh (mm)	0.080 ± 0.01	0.085 ± 0.01	0.076 ± 0.01	0.02
TbSp (mm)	0.367 ± 0.047	0.361 ± 0.042	0.365 ± 0.037	0.8
TbN (1/mm)	2.26 ± 0.24	2.27 ± 0.23	2.29 ± 0.21	0.7
Dcort (mg HA/cm3)	837.9 ± 60.5	845.1 ± 69.8	826.0 ± 51.2	0.4
Cortical thickness (mm)	0.89 ± 0.21	0.93 ± 0.21	0.84 ± 0.21	0.2
CtAr (mm2)	76.1 ± 15.7	78.9 ± 14.5	72.2 ± 16.4	0.2
Trabecular area (mm2)	330.5 ± 99.7	326.6 ± 113.0	335.6 ± 90.8	0.8
Stiffness (kN/mm)	124.6 ± 21.0	132.4 ± 22.1	116.8 ± 17.8	0.03
Failure load (N)	6326.8 ± 1018.5	6693.5 ± 1074.5	5965.7 ± 876.3	0.04
L-spine BMD (g/cm2)	1.13 ± 0.14	1.16 ± 0.03	1.10 ± 0.03	0.2
L-spine T-score	0.39 ± 1.27	0.71 ± 1.32	0.11 ± 1.19	0.2
Hip BMD (g/cm2)	1.17 ± 0.12	1.21 ± 0.13	1.13 ± 0.10	0.06
Hip T-score	0.90 ± 0.82	1.19 ± 0.84	0.66 ± 0.64	0.06
Distal radius BMD (g/cm2)	0.71 ± 0.06	0.73 ± 0.06	0.68 ± 0.05	0.03
Distal radius T-score	0.37 ± 1.08	0.78 ± 1.11	−0.06 ± 0.92	0.03

Data are presented as mean ± sd. parasp, Paraspinous; L-spine, lumbar spine.

^aLow vs. high VAT groups.