Association among measurements obtained using portable ultrasonography with sex, body mass index, and age in a large sample of adult population

Table 8 Multiple regression analysis model (stepwise method) with BMI as dependent variable to estimate the prognostic value of age, sSAT, dSAT, tSAT, sSAT/dSAT, MT and MT/SAT in abdomen and thigh, for women and men

Parameters	Multiple Regression Analysis
Abdomen (women)					Abdomen (men)
Model 1	R²	β	t	p value	Model 1	R²	β	t	p value
Age	0.629	0.177	5.087	< 0.001	Age	0.557	-0.024	-1.017	0.310
sSAT		0.292	6.046	< 0.001	sSAT		0.152	4.358	< 0.001
dSAT		0.752	14.868	< 0.001	dSAT		0.762	19.202	< 0.001
sSAT/dSAT		0.064	1.213	0.226	sSAT/dSAT		0.100	2.560	0.011
MT		-0.065	-1.712	0.088	MT		0.026	0.938	0.348
MT/SAT		0.215	3.737	< 0.001	MT/SAT		0.065	1.484	0.138
Variable excluded: tSAT					Variable excluded: tSAT
Thigh (women)					Thigh (men)
Model 1	R²	β	t	pvalue	Model 1	R²	β	t	pvalue
Age	0.327	0.231	8.064	< 0.001	Age	0.398	0.305	9.679	< 0.001
sSAT		0.181	4.213	< 0.001	sSAT		-0.011	-0.207	0.836
dSAT		0.04	0.953	0.341	dSAT		0.446	7.940	< 0.001
sSAT/dSAT		-0.162	-3.539	< 0.001	sSAT/dSAT		-0.049	-1.080	0.280
MT		0.181	3.999	< 0.001	MT		0.150	3.336	0.001
MT/SAT		-0.265	-3.882	< 0.001	MT/SAT		-0.121	-2.061	0.040
Variable excluded: tSAT					Variable excluded: tSAT

A p-values in bold type denotes a significance difference (p < 0.05). Abbreviations: body mass index, BMI; superficial subcutaneous adipose tissue, sSAT; deep subcutaneous adipose tissue, dSAT; total subcutaneous adipose tissue, tSAT

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