Table 1. Correlations between gene expression and obesity-related parameters.

mRNA expression	vis fat area (r; P-value)	sc fat area (r; P -value)	BMI (r; P-value)	WHR (r; P-value)
TBX15
vis	0.02; 0.920	0.099; 0.146	0.125; 0.094	− 0.008; 0.691
sc	− 0.137; 0.054	− 0.089; 0.189	− 0.094; 0.133	− 0.113; 0.092
WARS
vis	− 0.345; 8.3 × 10 − 5	− 0.344; 2.8 × 10 − 4	− 0.248; 0.001	− 0.089; 0.106
sc	− 0.403; 4.0 × 10 − 6	− 0.414; 3.0 × 10 − 5	0.339; 9.2 × 10 − 5	− 0.065; 0.056
PIGC
vis	− 0.230; 0.003	− 0.148; 0.055	− 0.072; 0.121	− 0.118; 0.095
sc	− 0.305; 0.001	− 0.256; 0.035	− 0.233; 0.021	− 0.115; 0.021
ZNFR3
vis	− 0.056; 0.371	− 0.014; 0.719	0.043; 0.956	− 0.071; 0.336
sc	− 0.199; 0.009	− 0.095; 0.248	− 0.082; 0.293	− 0.147; 0.020
STAB1
vis	− 0.111; 0.238	− 0.135; 0.240	− 0.104; 0.243	0.015; 0.748
sc	− 0.243; 0.015	− 0.242; 0.077	− 0.214; 0.168	− 0.089; 0.014
GRB14
vis	0.197; 0.056	0.256; 0.005	0.284; 0.001	0.066; 0.489
sc	0.004; 0.516	0.006; 0.173	0.036; 0.071	0.042; 0.956

Abbreviations: AT, adipose tissue; sc, subcutaneous; vis, visceral adipose tissue. Correlations with P ≤ 0.05 are indicated in bold. All P-values adjusted for age and sex in linear regression models.