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. 2017 Sep 28;12(9):e0185403. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185403

Table 2. Odds ratios per SD of measures of body fat distribution on having at least one cardiometabolic risk factor.

All Men Women
Fat measure (SD) Crude Adjusted1 Crude Adjusted1 Crude Adjusted1 p-value interaction2
n = 2,981 n = 1,284 n = 1,697
WHR (0.1) 1.79 (1.56, 2.06) 1.40 (1.15, 1.70) 1.76 (1.16, 2.66) 1.21 (0.75, 1.95) 1.58 (1.28, 1.95) 1.45 (1.17, 1.80) 0.380
WC (11 cm) 1.66 (1.43, 1.92) 1.29 (1.05, 1.59) 1.39 (0.96, 2.00) 1.15 (0.71, 1.86) 1.43 (1.20, 1.70) 1.29 (1.03, 1.63) 0.397
n = 1,071 n = 536 n = 535
aSAT (105 cm2) 0.69 (0.56, 0.85) 0.79 (0.60, 1.04) 0.69 (0.45, 1.07) 0.73 (0.46, 1.16) 0.84 (0.63, 1.12) 0.76 (0.53, 1.10) 0.565
VAT (64 cm2) 3.25 (2.30, 4.58) 2.91 (1.94, 4.36) 1.81 (1.12, 2.94) 1.42 (0.84, 2.41) 5.00 (2.91, 8.60) 5.77 (3.02, 11.01) 0.002

Data are presented as odds ratio (95% CI) per standard deviation of measure of body fat distribution; WHR, waist:hip ratio; WC, waist circumference; aSAT, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.

1: adjusted for age, sex (in all), ethnicity, education, tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity. Associations of WHR, WC and VAT are additionally adjusted for total body fat and associations of aSAT additionally for VAT

2: interaction was tested for the adjusted model