Research Article

Relation of Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue to Bone Mineral Density in Chinese Women

Table 1

Descriptive characteristics of the subjects.

Mean SD (range)
Age < 55 ( )Age ≥ 55 ( )

Age (years)
(19.00–54.00)

(55.00–86.00)
Height (cm)
(150.00–180.00)

(140.00–190.00)
Weight (kg)
(40.00–100.00)

(40.00–110.00)
Average BMD (mg/cm3)
(45.19–211.95)

(4.95–218.34)
BMI (kg/m2)
(16.60–33.20)

(16.02–40.90)
TAT (cm2)
(79.85–641.84)

(67.85–623.44)
VAT (cm2)
(22.61–289.31)

(37.69–326.27)
SAT (cm2)
(51.70–467.14)

(23.60−384.82)

BMD: bone mineral density, BMI: body mass, TAT: total adipose tissue, VAT: visceral adipose tissue, and SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue.