Table 6.

Univariate- and multivariate analyses for VAT SUVmax

	Univariate		Multivariate
Variable	Coefficients (95% CI)	p	Coefficients (95% CI)	p
Age (Continuous)	0.003 (− 0.004 to 0.011)	0.039*	0.002 (− 0.004 to 0.008)	0.486
Sex (Female vs male)	0.236 (0.074 to 0.399)	0.005*	− 0.007(− 0.141 to 0.127)	0.92
BMI (Continuous)	0.02 (− 0.005 to 0.045)	0.113
WC (Continuous)	0.002 (− 0.004 to 0.009)	0.476
HTN (Negative vs Positive)	0.256 (0.091 to 0.421)	0.003*	0.036 (− 0.094 to 0.165)	0.586
DM (Negative vs Positive)	0.206 (0.03 to 0.382)	0.023*	0.075 (− 0.06 to 0.21)	0.088
Dyslipidemia (Negative vs Positive)	0.273 (0.112 to 0.434)	0.001*	− 0.011 (− 0.14 to 0.119)	0.867
Current smokers (None vs Yes)	0.218 (0.045 to 0.392)	0.014*	0.132 (− 0.015 to 0.279)	0.077
hsCRP (Continuous)	0.006 (0.001 to 0.01)	0.013*	0 (− 0.003 to 0.004)	0.774
Spleen SUVmax (Continuous)	0.519 (0.404 to 0.634)	< 0.001*	0.302 (0.16 to 0.443)	< 0.001*
BM SUVmax (Continuous)	0.404 (0.329 to 0.478)	< 0.001*	0.205 (0.086 to 0.325)	0.001*
VAT area (Continuous)	0.001 (0.000 to 0.002)	0.002*	0.001 (0 to 0.001)	0.12
SAT area (Continuous)	0 (− 0.001 to 0)	0.308

BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, SUVmax maximum standardized uptake value, BM bone marrow, VAT visceral adipose tissue, SAT subcutaneous adipose tissue, CI confidence interval

* Statistically significant difference