Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Subjects
2.2. Adipose Tissue Volume Measurements
2.3. Calculation of SAT/VAT Volumes
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Caucasian Group | Asian Group | |
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TR | 4 msec | 6.55 msec |
TE1/TE2 | TE1 = 1.32 msec/ TE2 = 2.6 msec | TE1 = 1.35 msec/ TE2 = 2.58 msec |
Flip angle | 10° | 9° |
Field of view (FOV) | 500 × 446 mm3 | 450 × 450 mm3 |
Acquisition voxel | 1.5 × 2.0 × 5.0 mm3 | 1.4 × 1.4 × 2.0 mm3 |
Scan time | 10 sec | 116 sec |
Caucasian Group (n = 22) | Asian Group (n = 22) | p | |
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Normally distributed | Mean (SD, range) | Mean (SD, range) | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.62 (0.61, 18.1–28.8) | 24.51 (0.6, 18.8–28.7) | NS |
Height (m) | 1.66 (0.01, 1.56–1.80) | 1.56 (0.01, 1.45–1.67) | <0.01 |
Analyzed region length (m) | 0.35 (0.01, 0.3–0.4) | 0.36 (0.005, 0.32–0.40) | NS |
Analyzed region length/Height | 0.21 (0.003, 0.18–0.24) | 0.23 (0.003, 0.21–0.25) | <0.01 |
SAT (L) | 6.85 (0.65, 2.08–12.72) | 7.13 (0.5, 3.96–11.76) | NS |
TAT (L) | 8.85 (0.87, 2.33–15.65) | 9.49 (0.67, 4.94–15.51) | NS |
Age (years) | 57.15 (54–68) | 58 (55–67) | NS |
VAT (L) | 2.11 (0.21–4.39) | 2.13 (0.98–5.98) | NS |
VAT/SAT ratio | 0.25 (0.06–0.59) | 0.32 (0.20–0.75) | 0.02 |
VAT/TAT ratio | 0.2 (0.05–0.37) | 0.24 (0.16–0.43) | 0.02 |
Caucasian Group | Asian Group | |||||||
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Age | BMI | Age | BMI | |||||
rho | p | r | p | rho | p | r/rho | p | |
VAT (l) | −0.12 | NS | 0.69 | <0.01 | −0.14 | NS | 0.67 | <0.01 |
SAT (l) | −0.20 | NS | 0.72 | <0.01 | 0.03 | NS | 0.85 r | <0.01 |
TAT (l) | −0.18 | NS | 0.75 | <0.01 | −0.02 | NS | 0.85 r | <0.01 |
VAT/SAT | −0.29 | NS | 0.49 | 0.02 | −0.21 | NS | −0.25 | NS |
VAT/TAT | −0.03 | NS | 0.53 | 0.01 | −0.23 | NS | −0.23 | NS |
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Kalimeri, M.; Totman, J.J.; Baum, T.; Diefenbach, M.N.; Hauner, H.; Makowski, M.R.; Subburaj, K.; Cameron-Smith, D.; Henry, C.J.; Karampinos, D.C.; Junker, D. Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 2127. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112127
Kalimeri M, Totman JJ, Baum T, Diefenbach MN, Hauner H, Makowski MR, Subburaj K, Cameron-Smith D, Henry CJ, Karampinos DC, Junker D. Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI. Diagnostics. 2021; 11(11):2127. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112127
Chicago/Turabian StyleKalimeri, Maria, John J. Totman, Thomas Baum, Maximilian N. Diefenbach, Hans Hauner, Marcus R. Makowski, Karupppasamy Subburaj, David Cameron-Smith, Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, Dimitrios C. Karampinos, and Daniela Junker. 2021. "Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI" Diagnostics 11, no. 11: 2127. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112127