Table 4.

Linear models for the association between each food group with regional adiposity. Each model was adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, sex, weight, cigarette use, systolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, total intentional exercise, and energy consumption. Fat depots (except for liver attenuation) were normalized to height (as described in Methods). Each food item was treated in servings per day, except for alcohol (treated as moderate vs. non-moderate intake) and fat ratio (a ratio of unsaturated to saturated fat).

Food group	Liver attenuation		Pericardial fat		Subcutaneous fat		Visceral fat
	Beta	p	Beta	p	Beta	p	Beta	p
Fruit	0.001	0.87	-0.028	<0.01*	-0.008	0.42	-0.023	0.03
Vegetable	0.054	<0.01*	-0.028	<0.01*	0.007	0.68	-0.026	0.12
Whole grains	0.072	<0.01*	-0.118	<0.01*	-0.057	0.06	-0.114	<0.01*
Fish	0.123	<0.01*	-0.056	0.11	0.015	0.82	-0.037	0.58
Unsaturated/Saturated Fat
Ratio	0.065	0.01	-0.068	<0.01*	-0.040	0.3	-0.113	<0.01*
Legumes	-0.001	0.97	0.028	0.15	-0.054	0.12	0.042	0.26
Seeds/Nuts	0.020	0.54	-0.117	<0.01*	0.071	0.15	-0.058	0.26
Yogurt	0.143	0.02	-0.164	<0.01*	-0.047	0.57	0.025	0.77
Alcohol (moderate intake)	0.087	0.02	-0.066	0.04	-0.056	0.29	0.016	0.78
Red and processed meats	-0.092	<0.01*	0.118	<0.01*	0.022	0.62	0.171	<0.01*
Sugar-sweetened beverages	-0.039	0.01	0.045	<0.01*	0.074	<0.01*	0.027	0.30

^*Indicates that the corresponding p-value was significant after Bonferroni correction (as specified in Methods). “Beta” refers to beta coefficient in regression.