Table 3.
Unadjusted Comparison of Abdominal Adipose Tissues for Cases and Controlsa
| Cases (n= 79) |
Controls (n= 79) |
p-valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal Depots | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | |
| TAT(cm2) | 294(294) | 347(259) | 0.29 |
| SAT (cm2) | 133(91) | 170(134) | 0.03* |
| SSAT (cm2)b | 88(39) | 112(65) | <0.01* |
| DSAT (cm2)b | 67(49.8) | 176(35) | 0.04* |
| VAT (cm2) | 140(192) | 149(152) | 0.93 |
| SM (cm2) | 162(38) | 176(35) | 0.10 |
| VAT/TAT (%) | 44(23) | 40(21) | 0.11 |
| VAT/SAT (%) | 91(93) | 75(75) | 0.05 |
| SAT/TAT (%) | 50(21) | 54(23) | 0.02* |
| SSAT/TAT (%) | 35(23) | 39(24) | 0.45 |
| DSAT/TAT (%) | 25(12) | 28(12) | 0.28 |
| Weight Stable Sub-Groupc | |||
| WC (cm2) | 105(18) | 109(18) | 0.40 |
| SSAT (cm2) | 95(48) | 124(58) | <0.01* |
| DSAT (cm2) | 86(47) | 88(68) | 0.22 |
| VAT (cm2) | 171(155) | 167(148) | 0.64 |
a
Paired t-test used for comparisons between cases and controls for continuous data.
b
Sample size for WC, SSAT and DSAT was 68 males per group.
c
Sample size for weight stable sub-group was 49 per group and 43 per group for WC, SSAT and DSAT.
*
Significant p-value < 0.05.