Table 2.
Associations of metabolic parameters with different abdominal adipose tissue compartments, adjusted for age, alcohol, and use of antidiabetic or lipid-lowering drugs (depending on dependent variable)
| Volume VAT | Volume dSAT | Volume sSAT | Hepatic fat content | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men(n = 149) | Women(n = 118) | Men(n = 153) | Women(n = 120) | Men(n = 153) | Women(n = 120) | Men(n = 147) | Women(n = 116) | |
| Glucose | 0.211a | 0.384c | 0.085 | 0.121 | –0.005 | 0.161 | 0.179a | 0.297b |
| Triglycerides | 0.265b | 0.322c | 0.016 | –0.013 | –0.008 | –0.040 | 0.193a | 0.196a |
| HDL-C | –0.208a | –0.236b | –0.168a | 0.003 | 0.015 | –0.057 | –0.053 | –0.213a |
Abbreviations: dSAT, deep subcutaneous adipose tissue; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; sSAT, superficial subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.
aP less than .05.
bP less than .01.
cP less than .001.