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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2016 Apr 20;9(7):581–588. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-15-0408

Table 4.

Relationship between change in body composition variables and change in BPE during 5 months

Characteristic r Unit of change Δ BPE (cm2) per unit of change in body composition (LS mean ± SE) R2 P
Body mass, kg 0.28 −1kg −8.10 ± 5.02 7.0% 0.107
BMI, per kg/m2 0.22 −1kg/m2 −23.01 ± 19.14 4.6% 0.229
Fat mass, kg 0.28 −1kg −13.26 ± 9.14 1.3% 0.147
Body fat, % 0.20 −1% −13.26 ± 9.14 1.3% 0.147
VAT, cm2 0.30 −1cm2 −3.43 ± 1.34 9.7% 0.010
SAT, cm2 0.12 −1cm2 −0.57 ± 0.47 2.6% 0.231
Lean mass, kg 0.17 +1kg +20.25 ± 13.33 4.3% 0.129

Abbreviations: LS mean, least squares mean; r, Pearson correlation coefficient between change in body composition and change in BPE; R2, proportion of variability of change in BPE explained by change in body composition variable (N = 68).