The effect of visceral obesity on clinicopathological features in patients with endometrial cancer: a retrospective analysis of 200 Chinese patients

Table 2 Correlations between obesity-related variables

		BMI	Total	SAT	VAT
BMI	Correlation coefficient
BMI	P value
Total	Correlation coefficient	0.667^a
Total	P value	<0.001
SAT	Correlation coefficient	0.610^a	0.913^a
SAT	P value	<0.001	<0.001
VAT	Correlation coefficient	0.428^a	0.646^a	0.279^a
VAT	P value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
VAT%	Correlation coefficient	−0.049	−0.123	−0.504^a	0.654^a
VAT%	P value	0.495	0.082	<0.001	<0.001

^aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, Total total adipose tissue, SAT subcutaneous adipose tissue, VAT visceral adipose tissue, VAT% percentage of visceral adipose tissue

ISSN: 1471-2407