Table 4.

Multivariate Associations of Clinical Variables with Body Mass Index.

Measure	Body mass index
	Multivariate model
	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3			Model 4			Model 5
	β	p		β	p		β	p		β	p		β	p
Sex (female)	-0.006	0.92		-0.004	0.95		0.020	0.75		0.009	0.88		0.013	0.83
Age	-0.407	<0.0001		-0.397	<0.0001		-0.433	<0.0001		-0.416	<0.0001		-0.443	<0.0001
Current smoking (yes)	-0.078	0.20		-0.060	0.32		-0.069	0.26		-0.071	0.25		-0.074	0.23
Habitual drinking (yes)	-0.088	0.14		-0.104	0.062		-0.101	0.10		-0.101	0.10		-0.092	0.13
HbA1c	-0.131	0.028		-0.153	0.0094		-0.161	0.0074		-0.164	0.0062		-0.146	0.015
TGL	0.114	0.076		0.123	0.050		0.167	0.0063		0.162	0.0080		0.158	0.010
DGLA	0.153	0.022
AA				0.148	0.025
EPA							-0.033	0.60
EPA/AA ratio										-0.066	0.31
Estimated D5D													-0.062	0.31
R2	0.275			0.273			0.258			0.260			0.260
p	<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001

ρ: Spearman correlation coefficient, β: standard partial regression coefficient. HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin, TGL: triglyceride, DGLA: dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, AA: arachidonic acid, EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid, D5D: Δ-5 desaturase