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Table 5 Pairwise comparison of AUCs of each abdominal adipose tissue area parameter for identifying the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (P-values)

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

 

Total adipose tissue area index

VAT area index

IVAT area index

RVAT area index

SAT area index

DSAT area index

SSAT area index

VAT/SAT area ratio

IVAT/RVAT area ratio

DSAT/SSAT area ratio

Total adipose tissue area index

0.0003

0.0003

0.7586

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.6712

0.3940

0.1443

VAT area index

0.2462

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0248

0.0248

0.0050

IVAT area index

0.0018

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0105

0.0052

0.0026

RVAT area index

0.0002

0.0065

< 0.0001

0.4895

0.3832

0.1053

SAT area index

0.2895

0.0007

0.0760

0.0940

0.2895

DSAT area index

0.0008

0.2405

0.3502

0.6813

SSAT area index

0.0050

0.0028

0.0573

VAT/SAT area ratio

0.6534

0.2780

IVAT/RVAT area ratio

0.5692

DSAT/SSAT area ratio

  1. AUC area under the curve, VAT visceral adipose tissue, IVAT intraperitoneal VAT, RVAT retroperitoneal VAT, SAT subcutaneous adipose tissue, DSAT deep SAT, SSAT superficial SAT