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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: The discriminatory power of visceral adipose tissue area vs anthropometric measures as a diagnostic marker for metabolic syndrome in South African women

Variable

Overall

n

204

Age (years)

53.1 (13.7)

Body composition

 Height (m)

1.56 (0.06)

 Weight (kg)

79.3 (18.3)

 BMI (kg/m2)

32.6 (7.2)

 WC (cm)

99 (15.0)

 Hip (cm)

113 (14.0)

 WHR

0.88 (0.07)

 WHtR

0.64 (0.1)

 ABSI

0.078 [0.075–0.082]

 Body fat (%)

44.0 (39.8–48.6)

 Body fat (kg)

31.2 (24.4–40.0)

VAT area (cm2)

181.2 [134.7–235.0]

Cardiometabolic risk factors

 Fasting glucose (mmol/L)

6.3 (3.3)

 Fasting serum insulin (µU/mL)

8.4 (5.7–12.7)

 Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.6 (1.0)

 LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.3 (1.0)

 HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.3 (0.3)

 Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.4 (1.2)

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

127 (21)

 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

82 (12)

Metabolic syndrome (JIS)

 High waist circumference (n(%))

181 (88.7)

 High blood pressure (n(%))

151 (74.0)

 High fasting blood glucose (n(%))

68 (33.5)

 High triglycerides (n(%))

70 (34.3)

 Low HDL (n(%))

98 (48.0)

 3 components or more (n(%))

116 (57.1)

  1. Values are mean (standard deviation) or median (interquartile range)
  2. BMI (WHO classification) body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist- to- hip ratio, WHtR waist- to -height-ratio, ABSI A Body Shape Index, VAT visceral adipose tissue