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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2014 Nov 13;23(2):249–256. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2014.11.005

Table 4.

18-month changes in log-adjusted inflammatory biomarker parameter estimates and 95% confidence intervals, per unit change in measures of body adiposity, for individual undergoing intentional weight loss, only.

Change in body mass and adiposity measures Δ Log-Adjusted CRP (mg/L) Δ Log-Adjusted IL-6 (pg/mL)
Estimate 95% CI p-value AIC* Estimate 95% CI p-value AIC*
Δ Total body mass (kg) 0.05 (0.03,0.06) <0.01 266.7 0.02 (0.01,0.02) <0.01 184.0
Δ BMI (kg/m2) 0.15 (0.11,0.19) <0.01 265.3 0.05 (0.03,0.08) <0.01 182.2
Δ Total body fat mass (kg) 0.06 (0.04,0.08) <0.01 271.2 0.02 (0.01,0.04) <0.01 181.3
Δ Percent body fat (%) 0.08 (0.05,0.11) <0.01 276.8 0.03 (0.01,0.05) <0.01 182.9
Δ Total abdominal fat volume (per 1000 cm3) 0.37 (0.24,0.51) <0.01 271.1 0.19 (0.11,0.28) <0.01 191.4
Δ Abdominal visceral fat volume (per 1000 cm3) 0.79 (0.50,1.08) <0.01 269.7 0.35 (0.15.0.55) <0.01 193.3
Δ Abdominal subcutaneous fat volume (per 1000 cm3) 0.57 (0.33,0.80) <0.01 276.5 0.33 (0.18,0.48) <0.01 189.2
Δ Abdominal intermuscular fat volume (per 1000 cm3) 5.00 (0.66,9.34) 0.02 284.8 2.75 (0.02,5.49) 0.05 191.0
Δ Total thigh fat volume (per 1000 cm3) 0.88 (0.26,1.49) <0.01 288.1 0.21 (−0.20,0.61) 0.31 195.4
Δ Thigh intermuscular fat volume (per 1000 cm3) 6.31 (−4.14,16.76) 0.23 286.9 3.61 (−2.99,10.20) 0.28 189.7
Δ Thigh subcutaneous fat volume (per 1000 cm3) 0.94 (0.29,1.59) <0.01 287.8 0.21 (−0.21,0.64) 0.32 195.3

Results presented for the D and D+E arms, only. Model estimates adjust for randomization group, race, gender, age and baseline outcome measure. CT-derived measures of adiposity are expressed per 1000 cm3.

*

Akike’s Information Criteria (AIC) estimates are calculated among participants with baseline and follow-up weight, BMI, DXA, and CT measures (n=98).