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. 2017 Jun;29(2):155–159. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v29i2.15

Table 2.

Stepwise regression analysis with a dependant variable of intra-abdominal fat (IAF)

Included:

Variable B SE B Beta t P-value
R/S −0.757 0.27 −0.52 −2.78 0.02
MUAC 0.020 0.01 0.42 2.23 0.04
(Constant) 0.036 0.29 0.12 0.90

Excluded:

Age 0.19 0.82 0.43
Sex 0.13 0.65 0.53
SFT −0.06 −0.29 0.78
BMI 0.13 0.57 0.58
W/H 0.07 0.28 0.79
R −0.22 −0.95 0.36
S −0.12 −0.46 0.66
frequency 0.01 0.06 0.95
α −0.25 −1.49 0.16
C 0.25 1.19 0.26

B = regression coefficient; SE B = standard error of coefficient estimate; Beta = standardised regression coefficient; R/S = extracellular/intracellular resistance; MUAC = mid-upper arm circumference; SFT = skin fold thickness; BMI = body mass index; W:H = waist:hip ratio; α = dispersion coefficient; C = capacitance