Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in the PCLS by mortality status at follow-up

From: Abdominal obesity and mortality: The Pennington Center Longitudinal Study

 

Survivors

Decedents

N

1062

27

% Female

54.8

55.6

Age (years)

45.8 (12.4)

55.6 (12.0)a

BMI (kg m−2)

29.7 (5.2)

29.5 (4.6)

SAT (cm2)

363.5 (152.0)

327.5 (111.7)

VAT (cm2)

132.5 (68.5)

170.2 (90.7)a

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; PCLS, Pennington Center Longitudinal Study; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.
  2. aP<0.05 between decedents and survivors.
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