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Table 1 Validation and study sample characteristics

From: The relationship between DXA-based and anthropometric measures of visceral fat and morbidity in women

 

Validation sample (n = 54)

Study sample (n = 3457)

 

Mean

SD

Min.

Max.

Mean

SD

Min.

Max.

Age (years)

60.4

6.1

49.3

72.8

54.2

8.3

40.0

79.5

Weight (kg)

65.7

9.4

48.4

87.4

66.6

11.8

35.6

139.5

Height (m)

1.62

0.06

1.48

1.75

1.62

0.06

1.39

1.82

Waist circumference (cm)

88.0

9.9

66.6

111.2

81.0

11.0

55.0

134.0

Sagittal depth (cm)

21.8

3.2

15.9

31.1

-

-

-

-

Scan difference (years)

1.3

0.8

0.2

2.5

-

-

-

-

BMI (kg/m2)

25.1

3.8

19.2

33.8

25.6

4.5

15.1

51.7

Total abdominal fat (kg)

1.40

0.62

0.24

3.08

1.44

0.61

0.14

3.94

VAT area (cm2)

127.8

52.1

37.7

279.5

144.6

49.6

37.7

347.4

Diastolic BP (mmHG)

77.3

8.3

61.0

95.5

75.9

8.9

47.5

108.0

Systolic BP (mmHG)

122.0

11.5

92.0

151.0

123.1

14.7

86.5

189.0

cIMT

0.68

0.08

0.53

0.82

0.67

0.11

0.30

1.11

ALT

23.9

11.8

3.0

68.0

26.7

11.4

2.5

217.3

ALK

64.8

19.0

26.0

114.0

71.2

18.2

23.5

218.9

BIL

9.5

3.7

5.7

23.5

8.7

3.0

1.0

30.5

GGT

30.3

17.4

12.0

65.3

27.9

21.7

3.0

359.0

  1. Age, weight, height, body fat distribution and intermediate quantitative traits used to define clinical morbidity. Waist circumference for the validation sample is based upon the transverse circumference of CT body scan image at the waist, while the study sample is a tape measurement taken at the same time as the DXA scan. Abbreviations: ALT, alanine transaminase, ALK, alkaline phosphatase, BIL, bilirubin, BP, blood pressure, cIMT, carotid intima-media thickness, GGT, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, SD, standard deviation (between family).