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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of study participants in this cross-sectional and retrospective cohort studies

From: Intraperitoneal, but not retroperitoneal, visceral adipose tissue is associated with diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional, retrospective pilot analysis

 

Cross-sectional study

Retrospective cohort study

 

Prevalence of DM (−)

Prevalence of DM (+)

P

Incidence of DM (−)

Incidence of DM (+)

P

n

745

58

 

594

30

 

Age (years)

50.6 ± 10.6

58.6 ± 9.5

< 0.0001

50.8 ± 10.6

54.4 ± 9.8

0.0703

Male

458 (61.5)

48 (82.8)

0.0012

370 (62.3)

24 (80.0)

0.0498

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.6 ± 3.4

25.8 ± 4.9

< 0.0001

22.6 ± 3.4

25.7 ± 4.5

< 0.0001

Family history of diabetes mellitus

102 (13.7)

22 (37.9)

< 0.0001

516 (86.9)

25 (83.3)

0.5780

Current smoker

120 (16.1)

18 (31.0)

0.0037

500 (84.2)

24 (80.0)

0.5431

Regular exercise

195 (26.2)

25 (43.1)

0.0054

434 (73.1)

25 (83.3)

0.2134

Alcohol drinking habit

163 (21.9)

13 (22.4)

0.9245

464 (78.1)

22 (73.3)

0.5381

Hypertension

192 (25.8)

31 (53.5)

< 0.0001

441 (74.2)

19 (63.3)

0.1854

Dyslipidemia

220 (29.5)

35 (60.3)

< 0.0001

420 (70.7)

19 (63.3)

0.3882

C-reactive proteina (nmol/L)

1.9 (1.9–7.6)

7.6 (4.3–24.8)

< 0.0001

1.9 (1.9–6.9)

8.6 (1.9–11.7)

0.0020

Creatinine (μmol/L)

68.3 ± 13.5

72.6 ± 13.9

0.0208

68.5 ± 13.6

74.4 ± 11.0

0.0195

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)

5.3 ± 0.5

8.0 ± 2.1

< 0.0001

5.3 ± 0.4

6.1 ± 0.5

< 0.0001

Total adipose tissue area index (cm2/m2)

79.4 ± 40.2

123.3 ± 59.0

< 0.0001

77.8 ± 39.9

111.1 ± 37.0

< 0.0001

VAT area index(cm2/m2)

31.5 ± 21.2

58.6 ± 24.9

< 0.0001

30.7 ± 21.0

51.2 ± 19.5

< 0.0001

IVAT area index(cm2/m2)

19.3 ± 14.6

38.3 ± 17.7

< 0.0001

18.8 ± 14.4

33.1 ± 14.2

< 0.0001

RVAT area index(cm2/m2)

12.2 ± 7.5

20.0 ± 9.4

 < 0.0001

12.0 ± 7.4

18.1 ± 7.1

< 0.0001

SAT area index(cm2/m2)

47.9 ± 24.7

64.6 ± 43.8

< 0.0001

47.1 ± 24.3

59.9 ± 27.0

0.0053

DSAT area index (cm2/m2)

27.9 ± 15.1

40.6 ± 26.3

< 0.0001

27.5 ± 15.1

36.7 ± 15.3

0.0012

SSAT area index (cm2/m2)

20.0 ± 11.4

24.4 ± 20.4

0.0090

19.6 ± 11.2

23.2 ± 14.3

0.0910

VAT/SAT area ratio

0.7 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.5

< 0.0001

0.7 ± 0.4

1.0 ± 0.4

0.0001

IVAT/RVAT area ratio

1.6 ± 0.7

2.0 ± 0.6

< 0.0001

1.5 ± 0.7

1.9 ± 0.7

0.0017

DSAT/SSAT area ratio

1.5 ± 0.6

1.8 ± 0.6

0.0001

1.5 ± 0.6

1.8 ± 0.7

0.0107

  1. Continuous variables are presented as mean ± 1 standard deviation, or median (interquartile range), and categorical variables are presented as number (percentage)
  2. DM diabetes mellitus, VAT visceral adipose tissue, IVAT intraperitoneal VAT, RVAT retroperitoneal VAT, SAT subcutaneous adipose tissue, DSAT deep SAT, SSAT superficial SAT. aValues were analyzed after log transformation