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Table 3.

Correlations between changes in anthropometric indices and changes in abdominal fat depots

	Δ Weight (%)	Δ BMI (5)	Δ Waist circumference (cm)	Δ Fat mass (kg)	Δ Visceral (cm)	Δ Visceral (%)	Δ Subcutaneous (cm)	Δ Subcutaneous (%)
Excess weight loss (%)	0.75^*	0.71^*	0.31	0.51^†	0.62^*	0.63^*	0.62^*	0.71^*
Adjusted	0.96^*	0.99^*	0.46	0.71^†	0.58^†	0.57^†	0.73^†	0.80^*
Δ weight (%)		0.91^*	0.60^†	0.78^*	0.50^†	0.43^†	0.53^†	0.37
Adjusted		0.97^*	0.48	0.69^†	0.51	0.47	0.70^*	0.78^*
Δ BMI (%)			0.65 ^†	0.77^*	0.45 ^†	0.46^†	0.51^*	0.32
Adjusted			0.48	0.72^†	0.55^†	0.55^†	0.77^*	0.82^*
Δ waist circumference (cm)				0.38	0.03	0.03	−0.39	−0.11
Adjusted				0.12	−0.01	0.01	−0.38	−0.43
Δ fat mass (kg)					−0.18	−0.07	−0.05	0.13
Adjusted					−0.43	−0.47	−0.42	−0.43
Δ visceral (cm)						0.91^*	0.59^*	0.66^*
Adjusted						0.88^*	0.61^†	0.47
Δ Visceral (%)							0.59^*	0.64^*
Adjusted							0.41	0.50
Δ subcutaneous (cm)								0.87^*
Adjusted								0.96^*

All changes are in their absolute value of change. Adjusted correlations are adjusted for sex, baseline BMI, and baseline fat mass.

*P < 0.001;

†P < 0.01.