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Table 2 Abdominal fat area in pre and postmenopausal overweight women

From: Association of abdominal fat with metabolic syndrome components in overweight women: effect of menopausal status

 

PreM (n = 76)

PostM (n = 87)

p value

Adjusted

p valuea

TFA (cm2)

355.9 ± 75.8

377.1 ± 74.5

0.075

0.735

SFA (cm2)

266.0 ± 61.5

264.8 ± 57.8

0.894

0.546

SSFA (cm2)

138.3 ± 30.3

131.3 ± 29.1

0.133

0.759

DSFA (cm2)

127.7 ± 41.7

133.5 ± 38.9

0.361

0.264

VFA (cm2)

89.9 ± 34.7

112.3 ± 42.1

< 0.001

0.782

  1. Values indicate mean ± SD
  2. PreM pre-menopausal overweight women, PostM post-menopausal overweight women, TFA total abdominal fat area, SFA subcutaneous fat area, SSFA superficial subcutaneous fat area, DSFA deep subcutaneous fat area, VFA visceral fat area
  3. aAdjusted for age
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Journal of Physiological Anthropology

ISSN: 1880-6805

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