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Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2015 Dec 29;26(3):185–193. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2015.12.012

Table 3.

Regional adipose tissue quantity as a function of DietQuality score. As noted in Methods, all adipose tissue depots (except for liver attenuation) were log-transformed for regression analyses. Values presented are least squares means of each regional fat depot at each quartile of DietQuality score, fully adjusted for demographic and cardiometabolic covariates specified in Methods. P values for quartile analyses correspond to P values for DietQuality score in multivariable linear regression. In addition, DietQuality score was treated as a continuous variable (in columns marked “Multivariable Adjusted Regression”), and beta coefficients and P values for DietQuality score (per an increment of +1 in score) are shown. Abbreviations: HU, Hounsfield units; GLM, general linear model.

Regional adiposity	Dietary Quality Score (in quartiles)					Multivariable Adjusted Regression

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	P (from GLM)	β	P

Liver attenuation (HU)	58.6 (58.0-59.2)	58.6 (58.0-59.2)	59.5 (58.9-60.0)	60.7 (60.0-61.3)	<0.01	0.15	<0.01
Visceral fat area (cm²/m)	523.6 (498.6-549.8)	488.4 (468.2-509.5)	471.8 (451.8-492.7)	460.5 (439.8-482.2)	<0.01	-0.009	<0.01
Subcutaneous fat area (cm²/m)	634.4 (605.5-664.7)	649.1 (623.4-675.8)	640.1 (614.2-667.2)	616.8 (590.3-644.5)	0.39	-0.003	0.17
Pericardial fat volume (cm³/m)	47.5 (46.4-48.6)	43.9 (43.0-44.8)	43.6 (42.7-44.5)	41.3 (40.4-42.2)	<0.01	-0.009	<0.01