. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 28.

Published in final edited form as: Eur J Endocrinol. 2017 Jul;177(1):33–40. doi: 10.1530/EJE-16-0958

Table 4.

Association between Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) Volume and the Cold-Induced Change in the Concentration of Systemic Peptides Regulating Energy Homeostasis and Appetite Regulation.

Parameters	Univariate Beta ± St. Error	p-value	Multivariate Beta ± St. Error	p-value
Ghrelin (pg/ml)	−8.3 ± 9.3	0.381	−28.8 ± 11.9	0.029
Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide (pg/ml)	2.1 ± 5.7	0.719	5.1 ± 8.8	0.570
Glucagon (pg/ml)	−0.2 ± 4.0	0.955	5.0 ± 4.9	0.325
Glucagon-like Peptide 1 (pg/ml)	3.4 ± 3.2	0.308	0.6 ± 6.2	0.927
Leptin (pg/ml)	758 ±694	0.291	1591 ± 978	0.126
Pancreatic Polypeptide (pg/ml)	20.1 ± 19.0	0.307	46.3 ± 25.7	0.093
Peptide YY (pg/ml)	−8.3 ± 7.4	0.281	2.2 ± 10.7	0.842
Insulin (µU/ml)	−0.7 ± 1.4	0.376	−1.5 ± 2.1	0.478

The estimates have been adjusted for age and % body fat in the multivariate regression.BAT volumes have been transformed as log (BAT volume+1).