Table 2.

Ectopic Fat Depots and CAC Score by Race/Ethnicity

Racial/Ethnic Group	CAC=0	CAC 1 to 100	CAC >100	P Value for Trenda	Adjusted for BMIb
Visceral abdominal fat (cm2), N=2747
South Asian	124±51	146±61	157±58	<0.001	<0.001
White	143±70	170±78	173±75	<0.001	<0.001
Black	122±56	133±69	141±58	0.03	0.05
Latino	150±60	177±65	185±72	<0.001	<0.001
Chinese American	108±51	115±46	130±44	0.03	0.07
Total intermuscular abdominal fat (cm2), N=2747
South Asian	21±8	23±10	23±9	<0.001	0.03
White	26±12	29±13	29±12	0.003	0.009
Black	21±12	21±10	25±14	0.006	0.008
Latino	24±11	28±13	29±14	<0.001	<0.001
Chinese American	17±6	19±7	23±9	<0.001	0.001
Intrahepatic fat (HU of attenuation)c, N=7617
South Asian	56±11	54±11	54±8	0.03	0.05
White	62±12	60±13	61±12	0.03	0.18
Black	63±12	62±11	63±13	0.40	0.31
Latino	59±15	60±13	60±13	0.51	0.47
Chinese American	62±12	62±11	62±14	0.97	0.60
Pericardial fat (cm3), N=7617
South Asian	53±27	61±28	76±33	<0.001	<0.001
White	71±37	88±45	102±52	<0.001	<0.001
Black	62±31	70±33	81±43	<0.001	<0.001
Latino	80±40	96±44	103±48	<0.001	<0.001
Chinese American	67±28	79±33	83±33	<0.001	<0.001

BMI indicates body mass index; CAC, coronary artery calcium; HU, Hounsfield unit.

^aTesting for a linear association of ectopic fat depots and CAC tertile, specific to race/ethnicity.

^bTesting for a linear association of BMI‐adjusted ectopic fat depots and CAC tertile, specific to race/ethnicity.

^cHepatic fat attenuation (in HU) is inversely correlated with intrahepatic fat (ie, lower HU=intrahepatic fat).