Table 4.

Association between visceral fat rating and protein levels in females and males.

Protein	Females			Males			p-value interact	p-value interact*
	Coef	95% CI	p-value	Coef	95%	p-value
4EBP1	0.08	0.05 to 0.12	< 0.001	0.04	0.02 to 0.06	< 0.001	0.113	0.040
ADA	0.09	0.06 to 0.13	< 0.001	0.03	0.01 to 0.04	0.003	0.008	0.001
AXIN1	0.09	0.05 to 0.13	< 0.001	0.04	0.02 to 0.06	< 0.001	0.098	0.034
CCL3	0.18	0.14 to 0.21	< 0.001	0.09	0.07 to 0.11	< 0.001	0.002	< 0.001
CCL19	0.12	0.08 to 0.16	< 0.001	0.05	0.03 to 0.07	< 0.001	0.008	0.001
CCL28	− 0.09	− 0.13 to − 0.05	< 0.001	− 0.03	− 0.05 to − 0.01	0.007	0.017	0.004
CD5	0.09	0.05 to 0.12	< 0.001	0.03	0.01 to 0.05	0.004	0.013	0.003
CDCP1	0.20	0.17 to 0.24	< 0.001	0.13	0.11 to 0.15	< 0.001	0.007	0.001
DNER	− 0.07	− 0.11 to − 0.03	< 0.001	− 0.03	− 0.05 to − 0.01	0.015	0.098	0.034
HGF	0.16	0.13 to 0.20	< 0.001	0.09	0.07 to 0.10	< 0.001	0.002	< 0.001
IL6	0.26	0.22 to 0.29	< 0.001	0.11	0.08 to 0.13	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
IL12B	0.11	0.07 to 0.14	< 0.001	0.04	0.01 to 0.06	0.002	0.013	0.002
IL18	0.12	0.09 to 0.15	< 0.001	0.07	0.04 to 0.09	< 0.001	0.029	0.007
MCP1	0.11	0.08 to 0.15	< 0.001	0.03	0.01 to 0.05	0.001	0.002	< 0.001
MCP4	0.09	0.05 to 0.13	< 0.001	0.03	0.01 to 0.05	0.002	0.037	0.010
SCF	− 0.01	− 0.05 to 0.03	0.544	− 0.08	− 0.10 to − 0.06	< 0.001	0.013	0.002
TNFRSF9	0.06	0.02 to 0.10	0.004	0.01	0.00 to 0.03	0.153	0.098	0.031
TNFSF14	0.13	0.09 to 0.16	< 0.001	0.06	0.04 to 0.08	< 0.001	0.008	0.001
TRAIL	0.11	0.07 to 0.14	< 0.001	0.06	0.04 to 0.08	< 0.001	0.052	0.015
VEGFA	0.15	0.12 to 0.19	< 0.001	0.08	0.05 to 0.11	< 0.001	0.013	0.003

Stratified analyses in men and women from linear regression of transformed protein levels adjusted for smoking, e-cigarette use, snuff use, and age at follow-up.

The table includes all proteins with unadjusted p-value for the interaction term %BF#sex of < 0.05.

p-values at 0.05 FDR.

*p-value for the interaction term without FDR correction.