Table 4 Odds ratios (95% CI) of having specific cardiometabolic risk factors per standard deviation of VAT, SAT, or FM

From: Abdominal adiposity depots are correlates of adverse cardiometabolic risk factors in Caucasian and African-American adults

 

Males

Females

 

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

VAT

Model 2

Model 4

Model 6

Model 2

Model 4

Model 6

 High triglyceride

2.6 (2.0–3.3)**

2.6 (1.9–3.6)**

2.6 (1.8–3.7)**

2.3 (1.9–2.8)**

2.1 (1.7–2.7)**

2.2 (1.7–2.9)**

 Low HDL

1.8 (1.4–2.2)**

1.5 (1.2–2.0)*

1.5 (1.1–2.1)*

2.4 (2.0–3.0)**

2.2 (1.7–2.8)**

2.2 (1.7–2.9)**

 Diabetes

1.4 (1.1–1.8)*

1.2 (0.9–1.6)

1.1 (0.8–1.4)

2.9 (2.3–3.7)**

3.0 (2.3–3.9)**

2.9 (2.2–4.0)**

 High BP

2.2 (1.7–2.8)**

1.8 (1.3–2.4)**

1.7 (1.2–2.3)*

1.8 (1.5–2.2)**

1.7 (1.4–2.2)**

1.6 (1.2–2.1)*

 2+ Risk factors

10.1 (6.5–15.8)**

5.9 (3.7–9.7)**

5.3 (3.1–9.1)**

8.1 (5.8–11.4)**

5.3 (3.6–7.7)**

4.3 (2.9–6.3)**

SAT

Model 3

Model 4

 

Model 3

Model 4

 

 High triglycerides

1.5 (1.2–1.8)**

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

—

1.7 (1.4–2.0)**

1.1 (0.9–1.4)

—

 Low HDL

1.5 (1.2–1.8)**

1.2 (1.0–1.6)

—

1.7 (1.4–2.0)**

1.2 (0.9–1.4)

—

 Diabetes

1.4 (1.2–1.7)*

1.3 (1.0–1.6)*

—

1.7 (1.4–2.0)**

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

—

 High BP

1.8 (1.5–2.2)**

1.4 (1.1–1.8)*

—

1.5 (1.2–1.8)**

1.1 (0.9–1.4)

—

 2+ Risk factors

4.0 (2.9–5.3)**

2.0 (1.4–2.7)**

 

3.3 (2.7–4.1)**

1.8 (1.4–2.3)**

—

FM

Model 5

 

Model 6

Model 5

 

Model 6

 High triglycerides

1.7 (1.4–2.1)**

—

1.0 (0.7–1.3)

1.7 (1.4–2.1)**

—

1.1 (0.8–1.4)

 Low HDL

1.5 (1.3–1.9)**

—

1.2 (0.9–1.6)

1.7 (1.5–2.1)**

—

1.1 (0.9–1.4)

 Diabetes

1.5 (1.2–1.9)**

—

1.5 (1.1–1.9)*

1.9 (1.5–2.2)**

—

1.0 (0.8–1.3)

 High BP

1.9 (1.5–2.3)**

—

1.4 (1.0–1.8)*

1.6 (1.3–1.9)**

—

1.2 (0.9–1.5)

 2+ Risk factors

4.6 (3.4–6.2)**

 

2.0 (1.4–2.9)**

4.2 (3.3–5.3)**

 

2.1 (1.6–2.8)**

  1. Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; CI, confidence interval; FM, total body fat mass; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; OR, odds ratio; SAT, subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.
  2. Odds ratios of having specific risk factor per standard deviation of VAT, SAT or FM unadjusted for other adiposity variables in (A) Model 2 (demographic variables + VAT), Model 3 (demographic variables + SAT) and Model 5 (demographic variables + FM), and adjusted for other adiposity variables in (B) Model 4 (demographic variables + VAT and SAT) and (C) Model 6 (demographic variables + VAT and FM).
  3. High triglycerides, triglycerides ⩾150 mg dl−1; Low HDL, HDL <50 mg dl−1 (women), HDL <40 mg dl−1 (men); Diabetes, glucose ⩾126 mg dl−1 or reported diabetes; High BP, systolic BP ⩾140 mm Hg or diastolic BP ⩾90 mm Hg or reported hypertension. 2+ Risk factors, having two or more of high triglyceride, low HDL, diabetes or high BP.
  4. *P<0.05;
  5. **P<0.0001.
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