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. 2012 Feb 24;7(2):e32213. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032213

Table 2. Variance explained in abdominal subcutaneous fat mass and intra-abdominal fat mass by body mass index, waist circumference and their combination in each of the pooled samples.

Canada+Turku # Helsinki/Turku ¤ Canada/Helsinki/Turku
ASFM ASFM ASFM
Crude Adjusted* Crude Adjusted* Crude Adjusted*
R2 R2 R2 R2 R2 R2
BMI 0.47 0.60 0.65 0.76 0.56 0.70
WC 0.11 0.56 0.43 0.73 0.29 0.66
BMI+WC 0.49 0.62 0.66 0.78 0.57 0.72

Abbreviations: ASFM, abdominal subcutaneous fat mass. BMI, body mass index- IAFM, intra-abdominal fat mass. R2, adjusted squared multiple correlation coefficients. WC, waist circumference.

*

Regression models adjusted for study center, sex, age, type 2 diabetes status.

#

Intra-abdominal fat mass = intra-peritoneal fat mass+retroperitoneal fat mass.

¤

Intra-abdominal fat mass = intra-peritoneal fat mass.

Intra-abdominal fat mass = intra-peritoneal fat mass+retroperitoneal fat mass in Canada and intra-peritoneal mass in Helsinki and Turku.

p<0.05 for WC and BMI in all models, except for BMI in † where p>0.05.