Figure 2. Comparison of body fat composition, pericardial and thoracic peri-aortic adipose tissue with age quartiles and numbers of abnormal metabolic components. A.

) Increases in adiposity across age quartiles in our cohort (all p for trend <0.05). B). Larger numbers of abnormal metabolic components were associated with higher body fat composition and increasing visceral adipose tissue burden (all p for trend <0.001). Metabolic category 0, metabolic score = 0; 1, metabolic score = 1; 2, metabolic score = 2; 3, metabolic score ≥3. Abbreviations as in Figure 1. ★p<0.05, ★★p<0.01, ★★★p<0.001 by ANOVA post hoc paired comparison