Table 5. Ethnicity-Specific Equations to Estimate VAT Volume.

	Caucasian			Maori/PI			Other
	P	VIF	Equation	P	VIF	Equation	P	VIF	Equation
Age, years	0.012a	1.056	Log10(VAT) = 11.99 (Age) - 1,216.08 (Sex) + 132.09 (BMI)	0.253	1.215	Log10(VAT) = 54.00 (WC) - 1,134.07 (Sex)	0.246	1.011	Log10(VAT) = 53.53 (WC) + 24.55 (Height)
Sex	0.009a	2.090		0.022a	2.703		0.374	1.806
BMI, kg/m2	0.003a	2.001		-	127.740		-	14.646
WC, cm	0.221	2.111		0.001a	4.120		0.010a	1.930
Height, cm	0.933	2.131		0.753	2.628		0.024a	1.124
Weight, kg	-	172.166		0.178	3.971		-	27.468
Etiology	0.959	1.577		0.372	1.294		0.351	1.053
Recurrence	0.959	1.174		0.138	1.092		0.493	1.503
Time since pancreatitis, months	0.450	1.208		0.070	1.219		0.117	1.702

^aP < 0.05 (statistical significance). In the equations, sex- men = 0, women = 1. BMI: body mass index; PI: Pacific Islanders; VAT: visceral adipose tissue; VIF: variance inflation factor; WC: waist circumference.