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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Heart Fail. 2017 Sep;10(9):e003915. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.003915

Table 3.

DXA changes over time in participants with incident HF, subdivided by sex

Men Women
Model 1* Model 2 Model 1* Model 2
Beta (SE)* P-value Beta (SE) P-value Beta (SE) P-value Beta (SE) P-value
Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry
 • Total Mass Change, g −444.3 (225.6) 0.05 - - −313.3 (231.8) 0.18 - -
 • Lean Mass Change, g −263.2 (110.4) 0.02 −99.8 (72.1) 0.17 −181.0 (90.8) 0.04 −16.7 (62.5) 0.79
 • Appendicular Lean Mass Change, g −176.3 (59.9) <0.01 −101.7 (44.7) 0.02 −105.0 (48.2) 0.03 7.7 (36.6) 0.83
 • Fat Mass Change, g −184.3 (155.7) 0.24 103.7 (83.9) 0.22 −197.6 (176.1) 0.26 46.3 (90.4) 0.61
 • Percent Fat Mass Change, % −0.10 (0.13) 0.36 0.10 (0.09) 0.28 −0.15 (0.14) 0.28 0.03 (0.10) 0.79

DXA measurements were assessed at baseline and repeated annually for 5 years. Starting DXA values for controls was study entry and the DXA immediately prior to HF for cases. Each subsequent DXA was used to calculate rate of change. Time 0 for controls was study entry and time 0 in cases was the date of first HF hospitalization, which accounts for differences in the time between the HF event and subsequent DXAs. Regression coefficients are for the interaction of HF * time and represent differences in yearly changes between cases and controls

DXA–Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry; HF–Heart Failure

*

Model 1 – adjusted for age, race, site, baseline: smoking, alcohol consumption, education, BMI, hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, chronic kidney dysfunction, depression, low Teng mini mental score and physical activity main effects and time interactions in mixed models

Model 2 – Model 1 additionally adjusted for annualized rate of change in total body mass

Random Slopes and Intercepts Mixed Model with total, lean, or fat mass or percent fat by time interaction as outcome