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. 2009 Mar 26;106(6):1780–1784. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90454.2008

Table 2.

Age and organ weight regression model with weight and height as covariates

Model Variable Regression Coefficient ± SE P Value R2 Explained Variance
Brain Intercept 0.701±0.276 0.013
Age −0.002±0.001 <0.0001 0.10
Weight −0.001±0.001 0.460 0.00
Height 0.353±0.173 0.043 0.02
Race −0.064±0.023 0.006 0.04
Sex 0.132±0.033 0.0001 0.07
Total: 0.54
LVM Intercept 0.015±0.071 0.830
Age 0.0002±0.0001 0.153 0.01
Weight 0.001±0.0002 <0.0001 0.09
Height 0.016±0.044 0.717 0.00
Race 0.002±0.006 0.755 0.00
Sex 0.050±0.008 <0.0001 0.13
Total: 0.64
Kidney* Intercept −1.017±0.378 0.008
Age −0.002±0.001 0.003 0.04
Weight 0.008±0.001 <0.0001 0.22
Height −0.348±0.237 0.145 0.01
Race −0.111±0.030 0.0004 0.06
Sex 0.119±0.045 0.009 0.03
Total: 0.50
Liver Intercept 0.051±0.486 0.916
Age −0.003±0.001 0.001 0.05
Weight 0.009±0.002 <0.0001 0.15
Height 0.552±0.304 0.073 0.01
Race −0.110±0.040 0.007 0.03
Sex 0.073±0.058 0.210 0.01
Total: 0.56
Spleen* Intercept −2.850±0.826 0.0008
Age −0.008±0.002 <0.0001 0.11
Weight 0.014±0.003 <0.0001 0.12
Height 0.273±0.517 0.60 0.00
Race −0.340±0.068 <0.0001 0.10
Sex 0.169±0.099 0.09 0.01
Total: 0.57

Race: 0 = Caucasian; 1 = African-American. Sex: 0 = Women, 1= Men.

*

Log-transformed values.