Table 3.
Stepwise multiple linear regression analyses with QUS parameters as the dependent variable and age, BMI, components of MS (WC, HDL-C, TG, FPG, SBP, DBP), alcohol intake, smoking, and exercise as independent variables
| |
Beta |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| BUA | SOS | QUI | |
| Males | |||
| BMI |
0.115*** |
0.150*** |
0.138*** |
| WC |
-0.093** |
-0.192*** |
-0.153*** |
| FPG |
- |
0.054** |
0.048* |
| Premenopausal women | |||
| HDL-C |
0.123*** |
0.100** |
0.111*** |
| Postmenopausal women | |||
| Age |
-0.276*** |
-0.290*** |
-0.292*** |
| BMI |
0.085*** |
0.116*** |
0.109*** |
| WC |
- |
-0.094*** |
-0.054* |
| HDL-C |
0.065*** |
0.034* |
0.058** |
| TG |
- |
- |
0.036* |
| FPG |
0.037*** |
0.053** |
0.050** |
| SBP | - | 0.047** | - |
BMI body max index; WC waist circumference; HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG triglyceride; FPG fasting plasma glucose; SBP systolic blood pressure; BUA broadband ultrasound attenuation; SOS speed of sound; QUI quantitative ultrasound index.
*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.