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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 Apr 1;72(4):e90–e96. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003040

Table 4.

Multivariate Model of Plasma Fatty Acids as Predictors of Liver MRI-PDFF

Fatty Acids	β	t	p
C15:0	−0.247	−2.00	0.041
C16:1	0.322	5.90	< 0.001
Iso-C17:0	−0.234	−2.63	0.009
C18:0	0.426	4.68	< 0.001
C20:4n6	−0.281	−4.60	< 0.001
Covariates
Age, y	−0.242	−2.834	0.007
Sex (male)	0.139	2.852	0.005
Ethnicity (Hispanic)	0.277	3.743	<0.001
BMI z-score	0.312	5.891	<0.001

Model R² = 0.481; p < 0.001. BMI = body mass index; MRI-PDFF = magnetic resonance imaging proton density fat fraction. C15:0 = pentadecanoic acid; C16:1 = palmitoleic acid; iso-C17:0 = iso-heptadecanoic acid, C18:0 = stearic acid, C20:4n6 = arachidonic acid methyl ester.