Table 3.

Relationships between plasma levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and traditional measurements of body composition. Both IL-6 and traditional measurements of body composition were on an SD scale in the calculations to improve comparisons between results. Relationships with p > 0.05 are given in a grey tone.

	Males				Females
Variable	Beta	95%CI lower	95%CI higher	p-value	Beta	95%CI lower	95%CI higher	p-value
Height	−0.01	−0.23	0.22	0.96	−0.02	−0.25	0.22	0.88
Weight	0.24	0.06	0.43	0.0082	0.24	0.02	0.46	0.032
Waist circumference	0.23	0.07	0.4	0.0056	0.22	0.02	0.41	0.028
Hip circumference	0.26	0.08	0.44	0.0053	0.24	0.03	0.46	0.023
BMI	0.27	0.1	0.45	0.0024	0.26	0.06	0.46	0.011
Waist/hip-ratio	0.18	−0.01	0.37	0.061	0.14	−0.07	0.35	0.19
Total fat mass at DXA	0.3	0.13	0.47	0.00055	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.0033
Total lean mass	0.02	−0.27	0.3	0.91	−0.05	−0.36	0.26	0.75
Fat mass at trunk	0.28	0.12	0.43	0.00038	0.28	0.1	0.47	0.0022
Fat mass at leg	0.35	0.11	0.59	0.0043	0.32	0.06	0.57	0.016
Lean mass at leg	0.06	−0.21	0.33	0.66	0.01	−0.28	0.3	0.95
Fat mass at arm	0.31	0.11	0.51	0.0023	0.29	0.06	0.51	0.012
Lean mass at arm	−0.08	−0.37	0.2	0.55	−0.12	−0.41	0.17	0.41
Liver fat	0.17	−0.01	0.35	0.057	0.14	−0.07	0.34	0.18
Pancreas fat	0.19	0.03	0.36	0.023	0.17	−0.01	0.34	0.069
Visceral adipose tissue	0.29	0.11	0.46	0.0012	0.28	0.07	0.48	0.0080
Subcutaneous adipose tissue	0.26	0.11	0.41	0.00052	0.26	0.08	0.44	0.0037