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. 2022 Feb 21;107(6):e2394–e2404. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac102

Table 6.

Race/ethnicity by cardiovascular health categories interaction for ectopic fat and insulin resistance

Race/ethnicity Non-Hispanic White Chinese American African American Hispanic South Asian
Visceral fat
 Non-Hispanic White **
 Chinese American **
 African American ***
 Hispanic **
 South Asian ** ** *** **
Pericardial fat
 Non-Hispanic White *** *** *** ***
 Chinese American *** * *
 African American *** *
 Hispanic *** *
 South Asian ***
Subcutaneous fat
 Non-Hispanic White ** ** ***
 Chinese American ** *
 African American * **
 Hispanic **
 South Asian *** **
Intermuscular fat
 Non-Hispanic White *** **
 Chinese American ***
 African American
 Hispanic
 South Asian **
Hepatic fat
 Non-Hispanic White **
 Chinese American *
 African American ** * **
 Hispanic *
 South Asian * **
HOMA-IR
 Non-Hispanic White *
 Chinese American **
 African American **
 Hispanic *
 South Asian * ** ** *

Abbreviations: CVH, cardiovascular health; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.

*<0.05.

**<0.01.

***<0.001.