TABLE 3.

MULTIVARIABLE LINEAR REGRESSION OF CONTINUOUS ABDOMINAL MUSCLE AREAS AND DENSITIES FOR THE INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS

Interleukin-6 ɣ
Abdominal Muscle Variable	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
	β	β	β
Total area	−0.042	−0.039	−0.035
Stabilization area	−0.012	−0.020	−0.021
Locomotive area	−0.138***	−0.089***	−0.061
Total density	−0.285***	−0.209***	−0.153***
Stabilization density	−0.276***	−0.210***	−0.148***
Locomotive density	−0.190***	−0.116***	−0.088***
Resistin φ
Abdominal Muscle Variable	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
	β	β	β
Total area	−0.079**	−0.074**	−0.083**
Stabilization area	−0.057*	−0.056*	−0.064*
Locomotive area	−0.092**	−0.074*	−0.092**
Total density	−0.104***	−0.077***	−0.111***
Stabilization density	−0.097***	−0.071**	−0.107***
Locomotive density	−0.075***	−0.054**	−0.069**
CRP ɣ
Abdominal Muscle Variable	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
	β	β	β
Total area	−0.005	−0.0005	−0.033
Stabilization area	0.008	0.002	−0.026
Locomotive area	−0.061	−0.016	−0.035
Total density	−0.176***	−0.085***	−0.038
Stabilization density	−0.174***	−0.083***	−0.034
Locomotive density	−0.111***	−0.051**	−0.026

Model 1 - CVD Risk Factors: age, gender, race, dyslipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, eGFR, CAC, physical activity, sedentary behavior

Model 2- Model 1 + leptin, adiponectin, IL6, resistin, CRP, TNF-α

Model 3 – Model 2 + Abdominal subcutaneous and visceral fat

^ɣResults are expressed as fractions

^φResults are expressed as ng/ml

^***p ≤ 0.01,

^**p ≤ 0.05,

^*p ≤ 0.10