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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 24.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Respir J. 2012 Jun 27;41(3):601–609. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00183411

TABLE 3.

Characteristics of the two subgroups of apnoeic and control females with similar body mass index (BMI) range

Controls Apnoeics p-value# p-value p-value+
Subjects n 13 18
Age yrs 54.16 (42.80–64.80) 56.8 (46.20–65.30) 0.25
BMI kg·m−2 30.53 (28.03–36.14) 31.44 (28.40–35.00) 0.29
Waist circumference cm 98.83 (85–118) 101.78 (89–112) 0.32 0.41 0.78
WHR 0.87 (0.80–0.98) 0.88 (0.77–0.99) 0.49 0.70 0.89
Total VAT cm2 572.01 (313.22–974.68) 615.65 (346.40–935.90) 0.52 0.41 0.68
Total SAT cm2 1430.98 (898.73–1948.70) 1646.68 (1181.26–2476.04) 0.04 0.01 0.01
Total (VAT+SAT) cm2 2002.99 (1513.89–2923.38) 2262.33 (1814.89–2923.80) 0.05 0.01 0.02
VAT/SAT ratio 0.40 (0.23–0.68) 0.39 (0.18–0.63) 0.75 0.63 0.51

Data are presented as mean (range), unless otherwise stated. WHR: waist–hip ratio; VAT: visceral adipose tissue; SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue.

#:

from ANOVA;

:

from ANCOVA after controlling for age;

+:

from ANCOVA after controlling for age and BMI.