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Table 2.

Indexes of the Abdominal Fat Distribution Among Men of the Four Populations by Three Body Mass Index Strata: ERA-JUMP Study, 2002–2006

						Pairwise comparisons
Characteristics	BMI strata (kg/m²)	Koreans in Korea	Japanese in Japan	Japanese Americans in United States	Caucasians in United States	Japanese vs. Japanese Americans	Japanese vs. Caucasians	Japanese Americans vs. Caucasians	Japanese vs. Koreans	Koreans vs. Japanese Americans	Koreans vs. Caucasians
VAT area (cm²)	<24	101.2 (41.2)	110.6 (41.0)	112.0 (39.5)	109.8 (39.0)
	24 to <27	141.5 (37.8)	155.9 (44.1)	143.0 (41.6)	143.5 (47.1)
	≥27	170.4 (40.9)	190.4 (38.9)	210.6 (79.4)	208.7 (76.4)					^*	^*
SAT area (cm²⁾	<24	104.4 (36.5)	105.6 (37.3)	136.3 (40.5)	140.0 (53.2)	^**	^**			^**	^**
	24 to <27	144.6 (30.9)	160.2 (44.6)	190.9 (65.1)	189.9 (47.9)	^**	^**			^**	^**
	≥27	200.0 (62.4)	224.0 (55.6)	286.9 (130.1)	327.6 (105.3)	^*	^**	^*		^**	^**
The sum of the VAT and the SAT areas (cm²)	<24	205.6 (69.8)	216.2 (71.7)	248.3 (68.6)	249.7 (79.1)	^*	^*			^*	^*
	24 to <27	286.2 (51.9)	316.1 (73.2)	333.9 (89.2)	333.4 (77.1)				^*	^**	^**
	≥27	370.4 (69.4)	414.4 (72.2)	497.5 (172.7)	536.3 (149.8)	^*	^**			^**	^**
VAT%	<24	48.8 (8.5)	51.1 (7.4)	44.9 (8.0)	44.1 (8.0)	^**	^**			^*	^*
	24 to <27	49.2 (7.8)	49.3 (7.7)	43.1 (8.1)	42.7 (8.1)	^**	^**			^**	^**
	≥27	46.5 (9.3)	46.2 (7.3)	42.7 (9.4)	38.9 (9.4)		^**	^*			^**

Data are mean values (SD).

^{^*}

P < 0.05; ^**P < 0. 001.

P < 0.001 for overall comparison in characteristics except VAT (BMI <24, 24 to <27).