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

Table 3.

Age and organ weight regression model with FFM and FM as covariates

Model Variable Regression Coefficient ± SE P Value R2 Explained Variance
Brain Intercept 1.194±0.084 <0.0001
Age −0.003±0.001 <0.0001 0.10
FFM 0.002±0.002 0.293
FM −0.001±0.022 0.257
Race −0.063±0.023 0.006
Sex 0.130±0.041 0.002
Total: 0.54
LVM Intercept 0.022±0.021 0.292
Age 0.0003±0.0001 0.070 0.01
FFM 0.002±0.0004 <0.0001
FM 0.001±0.0003 0.006
Race 0.003±0.006 0.637
Sex 0.038±0.010 0.0003
Total: 0.65
Kidney* Intercept −1.629±0.115 <0.0001
Age −0.002±0.001 0.040 0.02
FFM 0.009±0.002 <0.0001
FM 0.006±0.002 <0.0001
Race −0.106±0.031 0.001
Sex 0.030±0.057 0.600
Total: 0.50
Liver Intercept 0.688±0.147 <0.0001
Age −0.003±0.001 0.005 0.03
FFM 0.017±0.003 <0.0001
FM 0.007±0.002 0.001
Race −0.116±0.040 0.004
Sex −0.007±0.072 0.918
Total: 0.58
Spleen* Intercept −2.327±0.256 <0.0001
Age −0.009±0.002 <0.0001 0.11
FFM 0.012±0.005 0.016
FM 0.017±0.003 <0.0001
Race −0.353±0.069 <0.0001
Sex 0.263±0.124 0.037
Total: 0.58

Race: 0 = Caucasian; 1 = African-American. Sex: 0 = women; 1 = men. FFM, fat-free mass; FM, fat mass.

*

Log-transformed values.