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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 30.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 May 30;25(7):1284–1291. doi: 10.1002/oby.21875

Table 2.

Spearman correlation coefficients between log PAT or log PAT/SAT ratio and measures of adiposity by sex

Variable Log PAT Log PAT/SAT ratio Log VAT
Males
r (p-value)		 Females
r (p-value)		 Males
r (p-value)		 Females
r (p-value)		 Males
r (p-value)		 Females
r (p-value)
BMI 0.60 (<0.001) 0.57 (<0.001) −0.29 (0.081) −0.28 (0.062) 0.60 (<0.001) 0.80 (<0.001)
Waist circumference 0.67 (<0.001) 0.60 (<0.001) −0.26 (0.125) −0.22 (0.134) 0.67 (<0.001) 0.80 (<0.001)
Waist to hip ratio 0.39 (0.017) 0.49 (0.001) 0.01 (0.947) 0.13 (0.392) 0.53 (0.001) 0.44 (0.002)
Log VAT 0.68 (<0.001) 0.67 (<0.001) 0.08 (0.624) −0.08 (0.576) N/A N/A

Abbreviations: PAT, pericardial adipose tissue; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; BMI, body mass index; VAT, visceral adipose tissue