Table 2.

Abdominal adipose tissue compartment volumes by quartiles of maternal plasma 25(OH)D levels among 292 participants in the GUSTO study

	25(OH)D quartiles	N	Mean ± SD	P for trend
Superficial subcutaneous	1	73	81.2 ± 20.9	0.013
adipose tissue	2	75	80.0 ± 23.9
	3	71	76.9 ± 21.1
	4	73	72.7 ± 20.9
Deep subcutaneous	1	73	13.8 ± 4.9	0.006
adipose tissue	2	75	14.4 ± 6.7
	3	71	13.1 ± 5.1
	4	73	11.5 ± 5.2
Internal adipose tissue	1	73	22.4 ± 6.3	0.900
	2	75	23.1 ± 8.0
	3	71	23.7 ± 8.3
	4	73	22.4 ± 8.1

Data shown are mean ± SD

25(OH)D quartile 1: 20.0–58.2, quartile 2: 58.3–78.0, quartile 3: 78.1–95.8, quartile 4: 95.9–155 nmol/L