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. 2008 Mar 18;93(6):2334–2343. doi: 10.1210/jc.2007-2780

Table 2.

Developed models for prediction of TAT, SAT, VAT, and IMAT in patients with active acromegaly

Tissue Model
TAT
 Female TAT (kg) = 34.71 − (0.042)age + (0.66)wt − (0.356)ht + (0.001)wt × age
 Male TAT (kg) = 29.032 + (0.121)age + (0.489)wt − (0.316)ht
SAT
 Female SAT (kg) = 31.956 − (0.048)age + (0.641)wt − (0.334)ht + (0.001)wt × age
 Male SAT (kg) = 23.56 + (0.078)age + (0.438)wt − (0.264)ht
VAT
 Female VAT (kg) = 3.248 − (0.006)age + (0.02)wt − (0.023)ht + (0.0004)wt × age − (0.110)AA − (0.165)H − (0.275)W
 Male VAT (kg) = 6.085 + (0.043)age + (0.051)wt − (0.057)ht
IMAT (11)
African-American IMAT = −0.414 + (0.187)malea + (0.008)age + (0.059)TAT − (0.00006)wt2
Asian IMAT = −0.148 + (0.187)male + (0.008)age + (0.044)TAT − (0.00006)wt2
White IMAT = −0.306 + (0.187)male + (0.008)age + (0.047)TAT − (0.00006)wt2

Age is in years, height (ht) is in centimeters, and weight (wt) is in kilograms. A, Asian; AA, African-American; H, Hispanic; W, White. 

a

1 = male; 0 = female.