TABLE 2.

HRs for associations of baseline adipose tissue radiodensity and mortality after colorectal cancer in the cohort of early stage colorectal cancer patients¹

	Overall mortality (events=1035)		CRC-specific mortality (events=560)
Exposure	HR (95% CI)	P value	HR (95% CI)	P value
VAT radiodensity, per SD (8 HU)	1.21 (1.11–1.32)	<0.0001	1.22 (1.08–1.37)	0.001
SAT radiodensity, per SD (9 HU)	1.18 (1.11–1.26)	<0.0001	1.19 (1.09–1.31)	0.0002

¹Data are over a median follow-up of 9.9 years (minimum, 0.01 years; maximum, 14.4 years). The models are adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, colon compared with rectum cancer, cancer stage, Charlson Comorbidity Index, smoking status, receipt of chemotherapy and/or radiation, BMI at baseline scan squared, and adipose tissue area. CRC, colorectal cancer; HU, Hounsfield Unit; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.