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Table 2 Body fat distributiona, b

From: Liver fat accumulation in response to overfeeding with a high-fat diet: a comparison between South Asian and Caucasian men

Characteristics

South Asian

Caucasian

P

N

10

10

-

Fat mass (kg)

17.9 ± 6.4

22.0 ± 11.5

0.85

Fat mass to fat-free mass ratio

0.35 ± 0.11

0.32 ± 0.14

0.63

Fat mass index (kg/m2)

6.1 ± 2.1

6.6 ± 3.1

0.65

Total abdominal fat area, TATc (cm2)

241.9 ± 90.7

296.9 ± 166.0

0.37

Subcutaneous abdominal fat area, SAT (cm2)

164.2 ± 65.6

230.4 ± 132.9

0.18

 Subcutaneous fat (% TAT)

67.3 ± 3.6

76.7 ± 7.5

0.003

Visceral fat area, VAT (cm2)

77.8 ± 26.1

66.5 ± 42.5

0.32

 Visceral fat (% TAT)

32.7 ± 3.6

23.3 ± 7.5

0.003

VAT/SAT ratio

0.49 ± 0.1

0.32 ± 0.1

0.003

Biceps skinfold (mm)

3.9 ± 2.0

3.2 ± 0.6

0.91

Triceps skinfold (mm)

7.7 ± 3.1

7.2 ± 3.9

0.19

Subscapular skinfold (mm)

19.2 ± 8.8

16.0 ± 6.5

0.36

Suprailiac skinfold (mm)

13.3 ± 6.6

12.2 ± 5.4

0.69

  1. aDifferences between groups were analyzed using Independent samples t-test when data in both groups were normally distributed according to normality test Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk
  2. bFat mass (kg), visceral fat area, biceps and triceps skin fold were not normally distributed in one or both groups, differences between groups were assessed using non-parametric test Mann–Whitney U test
  3. cAbdominal fat scan was performed at the umbilical except in one subject of the South Asian group, in this subject abdominal fat scan was performed at the sagittal lumbar spine L3/L4 instead of the umbilical. Excluding this subject did not change the resulting P values for TAT, SAT, VAT, percentage VAT and VAT/SAT ratio (0.36; 0.18; 0.36; 0.004 and 0.004 respectively)