Table 2a. Hierarchical Regression Model of Cortisol and % Total Sugar on VAT.

Variable n=165	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
	beta (95% CI)	beta (95% CI)	beta (95% CI)
Constant	0.176 (-0.527, 0.879)	0.202 (-0.487, 0.891)	0.283 (-0.395, 0.961)
Age	0.019 (-0.020, 0.058)	0.015 (-0.023, 0.053)	0.013 (-0.024, 0.051)
Sexa	-0.191 (-0.297, -0.084)**	-0.174 (-0.278, -0.071)**	-0.186 (-0.288, -0.085)**
Raceb	0.254 (0.157, 0.351)**	0.246 (0.152, 0.340)**	0.233 (0.141, 0.326)**
Total Fat (kg)	0.019 (0.016, 0.023)**	0.020 (0.016, 0.023)**	0.020 (0.017, 0.024)**
Caloric intake (kcal)	0.000 (0.000, 0.000)	0.000 (0.000, 0.000)	0.000 (0.000, 0.000)
Cortisolc		0.020 (0.009, 0.031)**	0.019 (0.008, 0.030)**
% Total Sugarc		-0.002 (-0.009, 0.004)	-0.002 (-0.008, 0.004)
Cortisolc × % Total Sugarc			0.002 (0.001, 0.003)*
R2 Total	0.498	0.540	0.538
Δ R2	0.498**	0.042**	0.021*
Model 1 includes age, sex, race, total body fat and energy intake; model 2 includes age, sex, race, total body fat, energy intake, serum cortisol and % total sugar intake; model 3 includes age, sex, race, total body fat, energy intake serum cortisol, % total sugar, and the interaction of serum cortisol and % total sugar intake.
aMale is the comparison group. bAfrican American is the comparison group c Standardized (centered on mean).
*P < 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01.

Table 2b: Hierarchical Regression Model of Cortisol and % Added Sugar on VAT
Variable n=165	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
	beta (95% CI)	beta (95% CI)	beta (95% CI)
Constant	0.176 (-0.527, 0.879)	0.253 (-0.436, 0.941)	0.262 (-0.418, 0.942)
Age	0.019 (-0.020, 0.058)	0.013 (-0.025, 0.051)	0.013 (-0.023, 0.053)
Sexa	-0.191 (-0.297,-0.084)**	-0.179 (-0.283, -0.076)**	-0.189 (-0.291, -0.087)**
Raceb	0.254 (0.157, 0.351)**	0.244 (0.150, 0.338)**	0.240 (0.147, 0.333)**
Total Fat (kg)	0.019 (0.016, 0.023)**	0.020 (0.016, 0.023)**	0.020 (0.016, 0.023)**
Caloric intake (kcal)	0.000 (0.000, 0.000)	0.000 (0.000, 0.000)	0.000 (0.000, 0.000)
Cortisolc		0.021 (0.010, 0.032)**	0.019 (0.008, 0.030)**
% Added Sugarc		0.000 (-0.006, 0.007)	0.000 (-0.006, 0.006)
Cortisolc × % Added Sugarc			0.002 (0.000, 0.003)*
R2 Total	0.498	0.539	0.553
Δ R2	0.498**	0.040*	0.014*

Model 1 includes age, sex, race, total body fat and energy intake; model 2 includes age, sex, race, total body fat, energy intake, serum cortisol and % added sugar; model 3 includes age, sex, race, total body fat, energy intake, serum cortisol, % added sugar, and the interaction of serum cortisol and % added sugar.

^aMale is the comparison group.

^bAfrican American is the comparison group

^cStandardized (centered on mean)

^*P < 0.05

^**P ≤ 0.01