Table 3.

Blood Lipids Across Adolescence: Coefficients from Linear Mixed Effects Models

	Triglycerides		HDL-C		LDL-C
	β*	P	β	β	β	β
Age	−4.650	<0.001	0.061	NS	−2.44	<0.001
TFMBASELINE	0.700	NS	−0.227	0.001	0.33	NS
ΔTFM	2.007	<0.001	−0.255	<0.001	0.44	0.021
VATBASELINE	0.234	NS	−0.014	NS	−0.04	NS
ΔVAT	0.284	0.013	−0.007	NS	0.19	0.001
Sex†	5.351	NS	−1.182	0.019	1.04	NS

^*Coefficients are reported back-transformed from the Box-Cox transformations.

^†Coded as male=1 and female=0. ΔTFM and ΔVAT are change-from-baseline in total fat mass and visceral adipose tissue area, respectively.