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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Radiol. 2017 Jul 26;59(4):478–484. doi: 10.1177/0284185117723370

Table 3. Association of adipose tissue and muscle measures and post-operative wound infection.

Data are presented as hazard ratio (95% CI) per 1 SD increase in cm2 and HU, respectively.

 VAT CSA (cm2) p VAT attenuation (HU)  p SAT CSA (cm2) p SAT attenuation (HU)  p Psoas attenuation (HU) p
No Covariates  0.99 (0.98–1.01) 0.09 1.05 (1.00–1.11)  0.04 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.5 1.05 (1.00–1.10)  0.04 1.02 (0.97–1.08) 0.4
Model 1  0.98 (0.97–1.00) 0.01 1.07 (1.00–1.14)  0.05 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.9 1.05 (1.00–1.11)  0.05 0.99 (0.94–1.06) 0.9
Model 2  0.99 (0.97–1.00) 0.1 1.07 (1.00–1.15)  0.07 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 1.0 1.06 (1.00–1.12)  0.04 0.97 (0.90–1.05) 0.5
Model 3  0.99 (0.96–1.01) 0.2 1.01 (0.92–1.11)  0.8 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.7 1.21 (1.06–1.44)  0.004 0.97 (0.88–1.06) 0.5

Model 1 Adjusted for age and BMI

Model 2 Adjusted for Model 1 plus comorbidities

Model 3 Adjusted for Model 2 plus tumor stage, size, and preoperative radiation dose

VAT = visceral adipose tissue; CSA = cross-sectional area; SAT = subcutaneous adipose tissue;