Differential Relationship between Intermuscular Adipose Depots with Indices of Cardiometabolic Health

Table 2

Clinical and cardiometabolic characteristics of all subjects.

General characteristics	(74 F, 39 M)
Age (y)	50 ± 15
Height (cm)	170 ± 10
Weight (kg)	90.1 ± 13.3
BMI (kg/m^2)	31.2 ± 2.9
Cardiometabolic health	Pre	Post	Change
Glucose (mmol/l)	5.16 ± 0.49	5.02 ± 8.8	−0.12 ± 7.8
Insulin (pmol/l)	84.73 ± 44.45	55.56 ± 28.47	−27.78 ± 40.98
HOMA-IR	2.85 ± 1.64	1.82 ± 1.01	−0.97 ± 1.47
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	10.46 ± 1.97	9.30 ± 1.82	−0.99 ± 1.24
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	6.79 ± 2.89	5.55 ± 2.31	−1.39 ± 2.54
HDL (mmol/l)	2.64 ± 0.84	2.50 ± 0.61	0.01 ± 0.36
LDL (mmol/l)	6.47 ± 1.74	5.68 ± 1.61	−0.74 ± 0.96
TC : HDL	0.24 ± 1.34	0.22 ± 1.06	−0.03 ± 0.75
Thigh IMAT
CSA (cm^2)^¥	229.48 ± 47.09	212.24 ± 40.31	−24.46 ± 16.10
IMATa (cm^2)	11.12 ± 3.46	9.84 ± 3.10	−1.46 ± 1.01
IMAT	0.0498 ± 0.0164	0.0478 ± 0.0159	−0.0015 ± 0.0044
MT (cm^2)^¥	115.55 ± 32.14	115.11 ± 30.27	−3.49 ± 6.92
SAT (cm^2)	113.71 ± 49.18	97.13 ± 42.04	−20.94 ± 13.58
Calf IMAT
CSA (cm^2)^¥	97.68 ± 15.31	92.47 ± 14.22	−5.74 ± 4.64
IMATa (cm^2)	6.49 ± 2.31	5.96 ± 2.29	−0.63 ± 0.83
IMAT	0.0670 ± 0.0229	0.0649 ± 0.0238	−0.0027 ± 0.0073
MT (cm^2)^¥	61.09 ± 13.26	58.67 ± 11.68	−2.43 ± 2.67
SAT (cm^2)	36.59 ± 15.29	33.44 ± 13.91	−3.31 ± 2.96

Data are mean ± SD; significance determined through paired -tests ( values < 0.05). CSA: cross-sectional area of the segment; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; IMAT: intermuscular adipose tissue (standardized to cross-sectional area); IMATa: intermuscular adipose tissue (absolute quantity); LDL: low-density lipoprotein; MT: muscle tissue; SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride. ^¥Bone area removed.