TABLE 4.

Associations between (ln) plasma K₁ and functional measures of vitamin K status according to tertile of %BF in older men and women in study B

	Women						Men
	Tertile 1		Tertile 2		Tertile 3		Tertile 1		Tertile 2		Tertile 3
	83 (15.2–37.7)1		89 (37.8–44.4)		88 (44.5–57.0)		60 (10.7–25.7)		62 (25.8–31.7)		61 (31.8–45.7)
	Unstd β2	P-value	Unstd β	P-value	Unstd β	P-value	Unstd β	P-value	Unstd β	P-value	Unstd β	P-value
	(ln) Plasma K1, nmol/L
PIVKA-II, μg/L	−0.41	0.03	−0.36	0.08	−0.52	0.02	−0.18	0.44	−0.21	0.31	−0.66	0.02
%ucOC	−10.4	0.01	−18.6	< 0.001	−1.9	0.66	−9.7	0.04	−10.3	0.02	2.2	0.65

¹n (range %BF).

²Unstd β based on multiple linear regression. For all models, the outcome was the functional measure of vitamin K status (PIVKA-II or %ucOC), and the primary predictor was (ln) plasma K₁, adjusted for age, smoking status, and triglycerides.