Table 3 The relationships between SAT, VAT and metabolic abnormality stratified by sex and BMI

Overall

 SAT

 Q1

38.7

ref

60

31.4

Ref

 Q2

58.7

1.458 (0.878–2.421)

70

36.6

0.833 (0.518–1.338)

 Q3

62.6

1.344 (0.762–2.371)

76

39.4

0.667 (0.403–1.103)

 Q4

70.3

1.391 (0.707–2.735)

104

54.5

0.576 (0.319–1.040)

 P for trend

0.445

0.05

 VAT

 Q1

29

ref

40

20.9

ref

 Q2

54.5

2.530 (1.512–4.232)

64

33.3

1.495 (0.914–2.444)

 Q3

67.3

3.939 (2.199–7.053)

77

40.1

1.565 (0.946–2.589)

 Q4

78.7

6.537 (3.394–12.591)

129

67.5

3.364 (1.898–5.962)

 P for trend

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

BMI < 24 kg/m²

 SAT

 Q1

38.8

ref

47

30.1

ref

 Q2

56.8

2.062 (1.177–3.613)

49

30.8

0.911 (0.549–1.511)

 Q3 and Q4

56.1

2.121 (1.103–4.078)

31

29.5

0.896 (0.510–1.575)

 Q4

20

47.6

1.631 (0.781–3.407)

 P for trend

0.009

0.463

 VAT

 Q1

28.1

ref

29

19.5

Ref

 Q2

59.1

3.505 (1.945–6.314)

46

31.1

1.631 (0.936–2.845)

 Q3 and Q4

71.6

6.026 (3.079–11.795)

40

33.6

1.770 (0.988–3.168)

 Q4

32

69.6

7.422 (3.422–16.095)

 P for trend

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

BMI ≥ 24 kg/m²

 SAT

 Q1

38.5

ref

13

37.1

Ref

 Q2

61.7

2.516 (0.949–6.672)

21

65.6

4.753 (1.531–14.755)

 Q3

64.8

2.823 (1.132–7.039)

45

51.1

2.474 (0.968–6.323)

 Q4

71.7

3.862 (1.573–9.484)

84

56.4

2.502 (1.021–6.129)

 P for trend

0.005

0.350

 VAT

 Q1

33.3

ref

11

26.2

ref

 Q2

48.5

1.703 (0.656–4.420)

18

40.9

2.185 (0.803–5.944)

 Q3

64

3.244 (1.305–8.064)

37

50.7

2.576 (1.024–6.478)

 Q4

81.2

7.836 (3.086–19.893)

97

66.9

4.607 (1.909–11.118)

 P for trend

 < 0.001

 < 0.001