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Table 1 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the study subjects

From: Neck circumference as a measure of neck fat and abdominal visceral fat in Chinese adults

 

Abdomen CT participants

Neck CT participants

Male

Female

P -value

Male

Female

P -value

n

87

90

 

15

15

1

Age (years)

58.7 ± 9.3

58.8 ± 10.5

0.449

50

50

1

Metabolic parameters

     

 SBP (mmHg)

138.7(100,200)

132.7(90,190)

0.159

133(122,180)

125(100,155)

0.166

 DBP (mmHg)

84.5(60,120)

80.9(60,110)

0.102

85(70,110)

79(65,95)

0.112

 BG (mmol/l)

5.4(4.8,7.1)

5.2(4.5,6.9)

0.426

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 TG (mmol/l)

1.65(0.38,8.1)

1.34(0.53,4.75)

0.359

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 CHO (mmol/l)

4.86(1.32,8.01)

5.38(0.8,9.35)

0.033

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 VLDL (mmol/l)

0.79 ± 0.62

0.65(0.12,2.16)

0.217

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 LDL (mmol/l)

2.92 (0.32,6.17)

3.24(0.49,6.65)

0.083

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 HDL (mmol/l)

1.23(0.51,5.17)

1.30(0.12,4.71)

0.495

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Body composition parameters

     

 BMI (kg/m2)

25.7 ± 3.8

25.0 ± 3.7

0.265

26.2 ± 0.5

26.2 ± 0.6

0.971

 WC (cm)

95.3(71,120)

91.3(64,112)

0.003

95.1 ± 4.3

90.2 ± 3.9

0.003

 WHR

0.96 ± 0.06

0.92 ± 0.06

0.000

0.93 ± 0.05

0.89 ± 0.04

0.612

 WHtR

0.56 ± 0.06

0.57 ± 0.06

0.164

0.54 ± 0.08

0.57 ± 0.05

0.386

 NC (cm)

39.0 (31.5,47)

35.0(30,45)

0.006

40(38,45)

35(33,39)

0.001*

 SAD (cm)

22.4(15.7,32.2)

20.8(14.7,26.3)

0.000

21.1(18,26.9)

19.0(16.5,21.5)

0.002*

CT image

      

 SAT area (cm2)

156.6 ± 62.0

196.7 ± 73.6

0.000

170.5 ± 26.7

225.3 ± 41.2

0.000

 VAT area (cm2)

123.7 ± 55.1

104.5 ± 45.4

0.012

173.7 ± 47.9

119.6 ± 27.0

0.001

 TAT area (cm2)

280.3 ± 107.1

301.1 ± 104.1

0.191

344.2 ± 60.7

344.9 ± 43.0

0.969

 VS ratio

1.1(0.32,2.61)

1.2(0.19,4.69)

0.268

1.0 ± 0.3

0.6 ± 0.2

0.000

 Neck adipose area (cm2)

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26.4 ± 7.8

34.1 ± 5.5

0.004

  1. Values are expressed as means (medians) ± SDs (range), *P value refers difference between male and female.
  2. SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood; BG: blood glucose; TG: triglycerides; CHO: Total cholesterol; VLDL: very low density lipoprotein; LDL: low density lipoprotein; HDL: High density lipoprotein; BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; WHR: Waist to hip ratio; WHtR: Waist to height ratio; NC: neck circumference; SAD: sagittal abdominal diameter; SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT: visceral adipose tissue; TAT: total adipose tissue; VS ratio: visceral to subcutaneous adipose ratio.