Visceral Abdominal and Subfascial Femoral Adipose Tissue Have Opposite Associations with Liver Fat in Overweight and Obese Premenopausal Caucasian Women

Table 1

Subjects anthropometric data, body composition data (DXA), fat and muscle distribution data (CT), and liver and spleen variables.

	Mean ± SD	Range
Anthropometric data
WC, cm	87.2 ± 0.8	71.1–123.4
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.78 ± 0.01	0.64–0.99
Sagittal diameter, cm	20.5 ± 0.2	16.3–31.0
Fat mass
TFM, kg	18.0 ± 0.4	9.4–32.3
TBFM, kg	36.1 ± 0.7	23.5–60.3
TBLM, kg	41.2 ± 4.62	29.7–55.6
Abdominal adipose tissue
TAAT, cm^2	470.9 ± 12.1	211.9–910.8
VAT, cm^2	111.3 ± 4.3	24.9–266.8
Ab SAT, cm^2	353.6 ± 9.1	145.0–633.4
Superficial, cm^2	192.2 ± 5.0	90.6–384.2
Deep, cm^2	161.8 ± 5.4	54.7–344.9
Thigh compartments
Thigh AT, cm^2	270.7 ± 6.9	132.9–509.1
Thigh SAT, cm^2	261.6 ± 6.8	129.4–501.6
Thigh SFAT, cm^2	3.5 ± 0.2	1.0–11.9
Muscle, cm^2	234.3 ± 2.6	176.3–324.7
Muscle Attenuation,  HU	44.0 ± 0.3	33.4–51.7
HDM, cm^2	189.3 ± 2.3	145.7–264.4
LDM, cm^2	32.8 ± 0.9	15.7–80.0
TTAT, kg	8.4 ± 2.1	4.0–14.8
TTSAT, kg	7.9 ± 2.1	3.8–14.0
TTSFAT, kg	0.6 ± 0.2	0.3–1.5
TTMT, kg	6.1 ± 0.9	4.4–10.3
Liver and spleen variables
Liver attenuation, HU	59.8 ± 0.8	−5.6–71.0
Spleen attenuation,  HU	46.4 ± 0.4	34.0–57.5
LSR	1.30 ± 0.02	−0.11–1.82

Values are means ± SD. WC, waist circumference; TFM, trunk fat mass; TBFM, total body fat mass; TBLM, total body lean mass; TAAT, total abdominal adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; Ab, abdominal; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; Thigh SAT, mid-thigh subcutaneous adipose tissue; SFAT, subfascial mid-thigh adipose tissue; HU, Hounsfield units; HDM, mid-thigh high-density muscle; LDM, mid-thigh low-density muscle; TTAT, total thigh adipose tissue; TTSAT, total thigh subcutaneous adipose tissue; TTSFAT, total thigh subfascial adipose tissue; TTMT, total thigh muscular tissue; HU, Hounsfield units; LSR, liver-to-spleen ratio.