Table 2.
Mean VAT scores by diabetes status and relevant characteristics
| Characteristic | N | Categories | Mean ± std | P-valuea |
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| Diabetes status | No diabetes known | 4.95 ± 0.41 | ||
| Incident case | 5.06 ± 0.43 | <0.0001 | ||
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| Cancer status | Breast cancer case | 4.75 ± 0.23 | ||
| Breast cancer control | 4.77 ± 0.23 | 0.02 | ||
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| Colorectal cancer case | 5.22 ± 0.46 | |||
| Colorectal cancer control | 5.20 ± 0.46 | 0.54 | ||
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| Ethnicity | White | 4.85 ± 0.40 | ||
| African American | 4.95 ± 0.45 | |||
| Native Hawaiian | 4.94 ± 0.37 | |||
| Japanese American | 4.99 ± 0.41 | |||
| Latino | 5.05 ± 0.41 | <0.0001 | ||
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| BMI status | <18.5 kg/m2 | 4.62 ± 0.19 | ||
| 18.5–<25 kg/m2 | 4.90 ± 0.39 | |||
| 25–<30 kg/m2 | 5.09 ± 0.43 | |||
| ≥30 kg/m2 | 4.90 ± 0.40 | <0.0001 | ||
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| Sex | Men | 5.61 ± 0.21 | ||
| Women | 4.77 ± 0.22 | <0.0001 | ||
a
P-values obtained through general linear regression using the unadjusted VAT score based on 8 biomarkers plus BMI and height adjusted for BMI at cohort entry by the method of residuals
Abbreviations: BMI=body mass index; VAT=visceral adipose tissue