Table 3.
Multivariate regression analysis between brown adipose tissue density (BAT-d) and anthropometric and lipid metabolites in winter.
| Male, n = 23 | Women, n = 23 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate regression | Multivariate regression | Univariate regression | Multivariate regression | |||||||||
| Dependent variable: BAT-d (µM) | r | 95% CI | P | B | Standardized β | P | r | 95% CI | P | B | Standardized β | P |
| Age (years) | −0.05a | −0.46 to 0.37 | 8.1 × 10−1 | – | – | – | −0.32b | −0.65 to 0.12 | 1.4 × 10−1 | – | – | – |
| BMI (kg/m2) | −0.70b | −0.87 to −0.40 | 1.8 × 10−4 | – | – | – | −0.60a | −0.81 to −0.25 | 2.3 × 10−3 | – | – | – |
| %BF (%) | −0.62a | −0.82 to −0.28 | 1.5 × 10−3 | – | – | – | −0.54a | −0.78 to −0.17 | 7.7 × 10−3 | – | – | – |
| VFA (cm2) | −0.71b | −0.88 to −0.38 | 4.7 × 10−4 | – | – | – | −0.61b | −0.83 to −0.21 | 4.5 × 10−3 | −0.70 | −0.64 | 2.2 × 10−3 |
| Androgens | 0.75b | 0.48 to 0.89 | 3.5 × 10−5 | 6550.48 | 0.78 | 5.3 × 10−5 | 0.36b | −0.08 to 0.68 | 9.3 × 10−2 | – | – | – |
| DG(36:1) | −0.36b | −0.68 to 0.08 | 9.4 × 10−2 | – | – | – | −0.41b | −0.71 to 0.02 | 5.3 × 10−2 | – | – | – |
| PE(46:2) | 0.62b | 0.26 to 0.83 | 1.7 × 10−3 | – | – | – | −0.02b | −0.44 to 0.41 | 9.4 × 10−1 | – | – | – |
BMI body mass index, %BF percentage of body fat, Androgens testosterone, androstanedione, dehydroandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone, or epitestosterone, DG diacylglycerol, PE phosphatidylethanolamine.
aPearson’s product moment correlation coefficient.
bSpearman’s rank correlation coefficient.