TABLE 4.

MULTIVARIABLE LINEAR REGRESSION OF QUARTILES OF 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	Q2	0.013	−0.004	0.011
	Q3	−0.010	−0.032	−0.034
	Q4	−0.031	−0.040	−0.027
Stabilization area	Q2	0.018	0.023	0.025
	Q3	−0.013	−0.024	−0.030
	Q4	−0.017	−0.030	−0.033
Locomotive area	Q2	−0.033	−0.007	−0.008
	Q3	−0.085	−0.047	−0.034
	Q4	−0.177***	−0.101*	−0.076
Total density	Q2	−0.085**	−0.034	0.001
	Q3	−0.274***	−0.190***	−0.133***
	Q4	−0.426***	−0.295***	−0.189***
Stabilization density	Q2	−0.154***	−0.090**	−0.058
	Q3	−0.307***	−0.236***	−0.179***
	Q4	−0.452***	−0.327***	−0.228***
Locomotive density	Q2	−0.128***	−0.040	−0.041
	Q3	−0.223***	−0.131***	−0.089**
	Q4	−0.314***	−0.192***	−0.154***

Resistin φ
Abdominal Muscle Variable		Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
		β	β	β
Total area	Q2	−0.300	−0.581	−0.742
	Q3	−1.056	−1.143*	−1.248*
	Q4	−1.512*	−1.585**	−1.815**
Stabilization area	Q2	−0.919	−0.873	−1.003
	Q3	−0.523	−0.735	−0.721
	Q4	−1.638**	−1.485**	−1.690**
Locomotive area	Q2	−1.050*	−1.107**	−1.294**
	Q3	−1.812***	−1.611**	−1.934**
	Q4	−2.060**	−1.798**	−2.098**
Total density	Q2	−1.640***	−1.443***	−1.531**
	Q3	−2.080***	−1.581***	−1.856***
	Q4	−2.118***	−1.466**	−2.091***
Stabilization density	Q2	−1.977***	−1.558***	−2.010***
	Q3	−2.025***	−1.515**	−1.923***
	Q4	−2.476***	−1.710**	−2.588***
Locomotive density	Q2	−0.856	−0.550	−0.947
	Q3	−1.446***	−1.134**	−1.730***
	Q4	−0.806	−0.374	−1.009

CRP ɣ
Abdominal Muscle Variable		Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
		β	β	β
Total area	Q2	0.048	0.001	−0.022
	Q3	0.033	0.045	0.028
	Q4	0.061	0.023	−0.040
Stabilization area	Q2	−0.045	−0.061	−0.084
	Q3	0.039	0.035	0.034
	Q4	−0.010	−0.006	−0.059
Locomotive area	Q2	−0.014	0.002	−0.016
	Q3	−0.081	0.001	−0.041
	Q4	−0.114	−0.010	−0.076
Total density	Q2	−0.099	−0.021	0.014
	Q3	−0.285***	−0.081	−0.023
	Q4	−0.426***	−0.186**	−0.074
Stabilization density	Q2	−0.168**	−0.033	0.029
	Q3	−0.288***	−0.069	−0.003
	Q4	−0.460***	−0.196***	−0.075
Locomotive density	Q2	−0.165**	−0.030	0.041
	Q3	−0.188***	−0.051	−0.003
	Q4	−0.290***	−0.137**	−0.035

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