Table 1. Effect of selected variables on CES1 mRNA expression level in adipose tissue.

Explanatory variable	Regression coefficient	P-value
Age (effect of 1 year)	−4%	<0.001
Gender (effect of the male gender)	−35%	<0.001
BMI (effect of 1 BMI unit)	+10%	<0.001

The statistical model is: ln(CES1 mRNA level) = age+gender+BMI. The regression coefficient expresses the change in the response variable associated with an increase of one unit in an explanatory variable. CES1: carboxylesterase 1 gene; BMI: body-mass index.