Table 1 The characteristics of participants included in this study.

From: Association of visceral and subcutaneous fat with bone mineral density in US adults: a cross-sectional study

Lumbar BMD (g/cm2)

Q1 (0.56–0.932)

Q2 (0.932–1.027)

Q3 (1.027–1.131)

Q4 (1.131–2.477)

P value

Age (years)

41.37 ± 11.73

38.46 ± 11.64

37.99 ± 11.43

38.63 ± 11.50

 < 0.0001

Gender (%)

    

 < 0.0001

 Male

57.77

52.11

49.88

51.08

 

 Female

42.23

47.89

50.12

48.92

 

Race (%)

    

 < 0.0001

 Mexican American

14.54

12.01

10.07

6.03

 

 Other hispanic

9.07

8.05

6.43

6.18

 

 Non-hispanic White

59.42

59.88

62.85

59.58

 

 Non-hispanic Black

6.01

9.14

11.99

19.33

 

 Other race

10.96

10.92

8.65

8.87

 

Education level (%)

    

 < 0.0001

 Lower than high school

18.08

13.67

11.28

10.47

 

 High school

22.9

22.76

21.2

20.69

 

 More than high school

59.02

63.57

67.53

68.85

 

Body mass index (kg/m2)

28.90 ± 6.36

28.81 ± 6.49

28.63 ± 6.84

29.45 ± 7.21

 < 0.0001

High physical activity (%)

    

 < 0.0001

 No

14.48

13.6

11.84

12.56

 

 Yes

85.52

86.4

88.16

87.34

 

Smoke (%)

    

0.0019

 Never

55.93

59.67

61.21

61.11

 

 Ever

22.03

19

18.49

18.05

 

 Current

22.04

21.33

20.3

20.83

 

Diabetes (%)

    

0.0022

 No

93.27

94.79

94.02

91.93

 

 Yes

6.73

5.21

5.98

8.07

 

Hypertension (%)

    

0.001

 No

83.14

86.74

87.35

84.47

 

 Yes

16.87

13.26

12.65

15.52

 

Total calcium (mmol/L)

2.34 ± 0.09

2.34 ± 0.08

2.34 ± 0.08

2.34 ± 0.08

0.9584

 Phosphorus (mmol/L)

1.20 ± 0.18

1.19 ± 0.18

1.20 ± 0.18

1.20 ± 0.18

0.3654

Vitamin D (nmol/L)

65.01 ± 25.73

65.74 ± 25.51

66.96 ± 26.45

66.76 ± 26.46

0.0232

SATM (kg)

1.65 ± 0.77

1.64 ± 0.81

1.61 ± 0.85

1.62 ± 0.84

0.2021

VATM (kg)

0.57 ± 0.28

0.50 ± 0.28

0.47 ± 0.26

0.47 ± 0.30

 < 0.0001

  1. SATM, Subcutaneous adipose tissue mass, VATM, Visceral adipose tissue mass.