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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 26.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2013 Dec 4;39(6):687–692. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2013-0360

Table 2.

Distribution of baseline adipose tissue measures in the Health ABC Study

White Black
N Range Mean (SD) 25% 50% 75% N Range Mean (SD) 25% 50% 75%
Men
BMI, kg/m2 735 17.6–44.2 27.0 (3.69) 24.4 26.5 29.2 444 15.7–43.2 27.1 (4.25) 24.3 26.9 29.9
Total AT, kg 731 9.72–44.4 24.6 (6.92) 19.8 23.5 28.6 440 6.69–43.3 23.0 (7.47) 17.9 22.8 27.6
VAT, cm2 704 35.6–454 168 (71.6) 120 152 208 426 8.37–504 131 (65.9) 82.8 122 167
SAT, cm2 685 23.9–418 133 (61.2) 89.0 124 165 414 11.0–585 230 (97.8) 165 223 283
Thigh IMAT, cm2 716 0.86–183 18.9 (12.4) 11.5 16.1 23.5 435 1.99–162 22.1 (16.4) 12.2 18.2 28.2
Thigh HU 716 7.94–55.1 37.4 (6.35) 33.4 37.6 41.9 435 8.55–54.5 37.1 (6.54) 33.0 37.1 41.8
Women
BMI, kg/m2 706 16.8–43.6 26.0 (4.39) 22.7 25.6 28.6 634 14.6–52.0 29.7 (5.93) 25.3 29.1 33.7
Total AT, kg 703 8.72–55.2 27.0 (7.74) 21.5 26.4 31.8 631 8.30–69.5 31.9 (10.4) 24.6 30.8 38.0
VAT, cm2 694 32.9–608 224 (80.6) 169 211 266 605 20.8–345 129 (56.5) 88.1 122 166
SAT, cm2 671 30.1–669 309 (104) 243 300 371 579 25.3–787 376 (137) 278 366 462
Thigh IMAT, cm2 697 2.03–61.4 17.4 (8.63) 11.1 15.9 21.9 613 3.15–104 25.5 (13.9) 15.6 22.0 32.5
Thigh HU 697 8.37–70.1 34.8 (6.71) 30.7 35.1 39.4 613 2.43–48.7 32.4 (7.05) 28.1 32.6 37.5

Notes: AT: adipose tissue, BMI: body mass index, VAT: visceral adipose tissue, SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue, IMAT: intermuscular adipose tissue

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