Table 2.

Risk Factors Associated with Pericardial Fat and Intra-Thoracic Fat^a

	Pericardial Fat Beta (95% CI)	p-value	Intra-Thoracic Fat Beta (95% CI)	p-value
Age, years	0.36 (0.11, 0.60)	0.004	0.31 (0.11, 0.50)	0.002
Sex/Ethnic Group
White Men	ref	--	ref	--
White Women	−9.93 (−15.62, −4.25)	0.001	−17.79 (−22.33, −13.25)	<0.001
Filipina Women	5.25 (−0.53, 11.04)	0.07	−17.88 (−22.49, −13.26)	<0.001
African-American Women	−20.12 (−25.63, −14.61)	<0.001	−28.60 (−33.00, −24.21)	<0.001
Body Mass Index, kg/m2	1.76 (1.27, 2.26)	<0.001	1.29 (0.90, 1.69)	<0.001
Ever Smoking
Yes	3.84 (0.47, 7.20)	0.03	2.01 (−0.67, 4.69)	0.14
No	ref	--	ref	--
Exercise ≥ 3x/week
Yes	−2.66 (−6.32, 1.01)	0.16	−0.71 (−3.63, 2.22)	0.64
No	ref	--	ref	--
Prevalent Hypertensionb
Yes	1.25 (−2.10, 4.60)	0.47	2.05 (−0.62, 4.73)	0.13
No	ref	--	ref	--
Prevalent Diabetesb
Yes	−3.05 (−8.10, 2.00)	0.25	−2.26 (−6.29, 1.76)	0.27
No	ref	--	ref	--
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	−0.12 (−0.24, 0.01)	0.07	−0.06 (−0.16, 0.04)	0.27
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	0.07 (0.02, 0.12)	0.005	0.04 (0.00, 0.08)	0.03
Triglycerides, mg/dL	0.05 (0.03, 0.08)	<0.001	0.02 (0.00, 0.05)	0.03
Interleukin-6, pg/mL	0.79 (−0.03, 1.60)	0.06	0.24 (−0.41, 0.89)	0.47
Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, pg/mL	0.40 (−1.36, 2.17)	0.65	−0.34 (−1.74, 1.07)	0.64
Adiponectin, ug/mL	0.23 (−0.10, 0.56)	0.17	0.04 (−0.22, 0.30)	0.78
Leptin, mg/mL	0.04 (−0.20, 0.28)	0.75	0.16 (−0.03, 0.35)	0.10

^aIn a multivariate linear regression model

^bPrevalent hypertension is defined as hypertension defined as physician diagnosis of high blood pressure, use of anti-hypertensive medications, systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg; prevalent diabetes defined as physician diagnosis, fasting plasma glucose > 126 mg/dL, use of diabetes medication (pill or insulin)