Table 3.

Indirect effects of vital exhaustion on cardiovascular disease risk indices via regional fat depots in men and women.

	Men			Women
Path	Coefficient	SE	p	Coefficient	SE	p
VE to visceral adiposity to mean arterial pressure	− 0.01	0.02	0.58	0.003	0.05	0.88
VE to visceral adiposity to insulin sensitivity	0.04	0.04	0.12	− 0.10	0.07	0.04 *
VE to visceral adiposity to TC/HDL	− 0.07	0.06	0.14	0.12	0.10	0.09t
VE to visceral adiposity to triglycerides	− 0.07	0.06	0.13	0.10	0.08	0.08t
VE to visceral adiposity to C-reactive protein	− 0.07	0.06	0.12	0.08	0.07	0.09t
VE to subcutaneous adiposity to mean arterial pressure	− 0.002	0.02	0.75	0.14	0.09	0.04 *
VE to subcutaneous adiposity to insulin sensitivity	0.01	0.04	0.89	− 0.09	0.07	0.08t
VE to subcutaneous adiposity to TC/HDL	0.000	0.01	0.80	− 0.004	0.09	0.98
VE to subcutaneous adiposity to triglycerides	0.001	0.02	0.65	0.05	0.08	0.38
VE to subcutaneous adiposity to C-reactive protein	− 0.001	0.02	0.70	0.12	0.09	0.07t
VE to liver adiposity to mean arterial pressure	0.001	0.02	0.68	0.01	0.09	0.92
VE to liver adiposity to insulin sensitivity	0.003	0.02	0.55	− 0.07	0.07	0.08t
VE to liver adiposity to TC/HDL	− 0.01	0.04	0.71	0.16	0.11	0.03 *
VE to liver adiposity to triglycerides	− 0.003	0.03	0.48	0.04	0.09	0.52
VE to liver adiposity to C-reactive protein	0.004	0.02	0.60	− 0.03	0.08	0.63
VE to epicardial adiposity to mean arterial pressure	0.002	0.01	0.50	− 0.05	0.06	0.12
VE to epicardial adiposity to insulin sensitivity	0.002	0.01	0.51	− 0.01	0.04	0.48
VE to epicardial adiposity to TC/HDL	− 0.01	0.02	0.27	0.02	0.05	0.40
VE to epicardial adiposity to triglycerides	0.001	0.01	0.65	0.05	0.06	0.11
VE to epicardial adiposity to C-reactive protein	− 0.01	0.02	0.32	0.08	0.06	0.09t

Unstandardized coefficients are reported.

abbreviations: SE standard error, VE vital exhaustion, TC/HDL total cholesterol to high density lipoprotein ratio.

^tp < 0.10,

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001.