Table 1.

Age-standardized characteristics of participants according to tertiles of VAT and SAT ^a

Characteristic	VAT			SAT
	tertile 1	tertile 2	tertile 3	tertile 1	tertile 2	tertile 3
	(≤5.66 cm)	(5.67 to ≤8.06 cm)	(≥8.07cm)	(≤1.62 cm)	(1.63 to ≤2.14 cm)	(≥2.15 cm)
Number of participants	32	33	32	32	33	32
Age, years	48	55	58	49	59	52
Sex, % men	29	46	59	47	44	35
BMI, kg/m2	23.5	26.1	31.6	24.0	27.6	29.4
WC, cm	80.9	90.1	105	84.1	92.6	97.6
Smoking, %	24	19	19	24	23	14
Physical activity level	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7
Use of aspirin or NSAIDs, %	5	21	21	11	19	16

^aContinuous variables values are expressed as mean values and categorical variables are expressed as proportions.