Table 3.

Comparison between men and women related to significant predictors that determine the serum adropin level.

Predictor	Univariate Linear Regression
	Women (n = 28)			Men (n = 31)
	Beta	SE	p	Beta	SE	p
Age (years)	0.015	0.006	0.022	0.011	0.006	0.105
Anthropometric parameters
Weight (kg)	−0.006	0.005	0.169	−0.023	0.005	0.000
BMI (kg/m2)	−0.023	0.013	0.098	−0.082	0.018	0.000
Upper arm circumference (cm)	−0.010	0.019	0.608	−0.066	0.023	0.010
Waist circumference (cm)	−0.005	0.005	0.306	−0.026	0.009	0.010
Laboratory parameters
Phosphate (mmol/L)	0.236	0.329	0.480	−0.814	0.375	0.039
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	−0.019	0.084	0.822	−0.177	0.074	0.026
Body composition parameters
Fat mass (kg)	−0.007	0.007	0.348	−0.039	0.009	0.000
Fat mass (%)	−0.003	0.008	0.742	−0.037	0.012	0.005
Fat free mass (kg)	−0.012	0.008	0.165	−0.034	0.009	0.001
Visceral fat	−0.003	0.023	0.897	−0.065	0.026	0.021
Muscle mass (kg)	−0.012	0.009	0.164	−0.036	0.009	0.001
Skeletal muscle mass (kg)	−0.021	0.014	0.147	−0.043	0.014	0.006
Body mass (kg)	−0.234	0.168	0.176	−0.739	0.198	0.001
Body water (kg)	−0.017	0.011	0.150	−0.044	0.013	0.002
Body water (%)	0.003	0.012	0.808	0.040	0.015	0.015
Phase angle	−0.238	0.100	0.025	−0.300	0.100	0.006
ECW	−0.036	0.027	0.199	−0.151	0.035	0.000
ICW	−0.028	0.018	0.146	−0.058	0.019	0.006
Trunk visceral fat	−0.010	0.014	0.499	−0.061	0.014	0.000
Blood pressure parameters
pDBP (mmHg)	−0.004	0.006	0.494	−0.017	0.007	0.019
cDBP (mmHg)	−0.005	0.005	0.334	−0.018	0.008	0.041

Abbreviations: n—number, BMI—body mass index, ECW—extracellular water, ICW—intracellular water, p—peripheral, c—central, DBP—diastolic blood pressure.