Table 2.
Distribution of baseline adipose tissue measures in the Health ABC Study
White | Black | |||||||||||
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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