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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Plasma adiponectin/leptin ratio associates with subcutaneous abdominal and omental adipose tissue characteristics in women

 

n

Mean ± SD

Range (min - max)

 Age (years)

67

47 ± 5

40–62

Anthropometry and body fatness

 Body weight (kg)

65

70.6 ± 14.8

48.5–110.5

 Body mass index (kg/m²)

65

27.2 ± 5.0

17.2–41.3

 Body fat mass (kg)

65

25.5 ± 9.0

10.0–50.8

 Body fat percentage (%)

65

35.1 ± 6.0

32.5–63.0

 Lean body mass (kg)

65

43.1 ± 6.6

19.6–47.5

Abdominal adipose tissue areas (cm²)

 Total

63

424 ± 180

128–991

 Subcutaneous

63

328 ± 141

94–759

 Visceral

63

97 ± 46

34–233

Adipose cell size (µm)

 Subcutaneous abdominal

63

98.5 ± 12.9

66.8–122.7

 Omental

59

80.8 ± 16.2b

51.7–118.7

Adipokines

 Adiponectin (µg/mL)

63

10.8 ± 5.8

0.7–28.6

 Leptin (ng/mL)

61

26.4 ± 20.3

0.5–72.4

 Adiponectin/Leptin (10− 3)

60

2.7 ± 6.9

0.04–34.2

  1. SD, standard deviation; C, cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance; LDL, low-density lipoprotein
  2. Regional variation at bp<0.01