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Table 2 Basal characteristics of participants across VAI quintiles, among women

From: Prognostic significance of the Complex "Visceral Adiposity Index" vs. simple anthropometric measures: Tehran lipid and glucose study

 

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

 
 

N = 654

N = 718

N = 677

N = 793

N = 783

P for trend

VAI range

0.26-1.49

1.49-2.25

2.26-3.24

3.24-4.87

4.88-46.74

 

Age (years)

49.11 (14.46)

48.5 (13.32)

48.27 (12.78)

48.46 (12.55)

46.97 (11.87)

< 0.001

Life style modification

250 (0.38)

285 (0.40)

256 (0.38)

315 (0.40)

303 (0.39)

0.874

Smoking

26 (0.04)

21 (0.03)

32 (0.05)

26 (0.03)

28 (0.04)

0.846

Diabetes

22 (0.03)

47 (0.07)

86 (0.13)

150 (0.20)

202 (0.27)

< 0.001

Anti-hypertensive drug

53 (0.08)

101 (0.14)

121 (0.18)

151 (0.19)

197 (0.25)

< 0.001

Lipid lowering drug

7 (0.01)

11 (0.02)

16 (0.02)

44 (0.06)

98 (0.13)

< 0.001

SBP (mm Hg)

120.28 (20.67)

121.48 (21.20)

123.49 (19.52)

123.22 (16.87)

124.92 (18.51)

< 0.001

DBP (mm Hg)

75.91 (11.83)

77.66 (11.57)

79.79 (11.60)

80.03 (10.27)

80.73 (11.31)

< 0.001

Weight (kg)

67.94 (11.85)

73.70 (11.28)

76.37 (11.45)

78.47 (11.72)

80.30 (11.53)

< 0.001

Waist (cm)

82.91 (10.83)

88.91 (10.01)

91.64 (9.58)

93.85 (9.29)

95.69 (8.85)

< 0.001

Height (cm)

168.79 (7.05)

169.09 (6.48)

169.11 (6.48)

168.74 (5.93)

169.34 (6.70)

< 0.001

Hip circumference (cm)

93.12 (6.73)

96.22 (6.62)

97.41 (6.06)

98.36 (6.67)

99.05 (6.50)

< 0.001

BMI (kg.m-2)

23.84 (3.85)

25.79 (3.79)

26.67 (3.45)

27.52 (3.54)

27.97 (3.39)

< 0.001

WHpR

88.81 (7.17)

92.26 (6.50)

93.96 (6.28)

95.35 (6.01)

96.59 (6.20)

< 0.001

WHtR

49.20 (6.67)

52.67 (6.41)

54.24 (5.77)

55.65 (5.43)

56.56 5.37 ()

< 0.001

TC (mmol.l-1)

4.94 (0.98)

5.36 (0.99)

5.50 (1.01)

5.63 (1.07)

5.87 (1.15)

< 0.001

HDL-C (mmol.l-1)

1.22 (0.26)

1.04 (0.18)

0.95 (0.17)

0.87 (0.16)

0.77 (0.15)

< 0.001

TGs (mmol.l-1)

0.98 (0.26)

1.51 (0.28)

2.01 (0.39)

2.62 (0.50)

4.35 (1.63)

< 0.001

Ln-TGs

-0.06 (0.28)

0.39 (0.19)

0.68 (0.19)

0.95 (0.19)

1.41 (0.32)

< 0.001

FPG (mmol.l-1)

5.26 (1.44)

5.26 (1.17)

5.47 (1.64)

5.80 (1.98)

6.07 (2.34)

< 0.001

PCPG (mmol.l-1)

5.80 (2.79)

6.08 (2.77)

6.61 (3.18)

7.09 (4.01)

7.66 (4.01)

< 0.001

Incident CVD

2.4 (1.4-4.1)

3.9 (2.7-5.8)

6.3 (4.5-8.7)

10.7 (8.5-13.5)

11.9 (9.5-14.8)

< 0.001

  1. BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MAP, mean arterial pressure; PCPG, 2-hour post-challenge plasma glucose; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TGs, triglycerides; VAI, visceral adiposity index; WHpR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio