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Table 2 Relationship between intra-abdominal adipose tissue and variables related to the bones of children and adolescents

From: The relationship between visceral fat thickness and bone mineral density in sedentary obese children and adolescents

 

Univariate

Multivariable model

 

r(r 95%CI)

βadjusted ± SEM

(β95%CI)

P

BMD*

    

IAAT*

−0.17 (−0.03; -0.32)

−0.134 ± 0.042

(−0.217;-0.050)

0.002

  1. * = numerical variable under logarithm transformation; βadjusted = model adjusted by sex, age, height, total body fatness, trunk fatness and pubertal stage; BMD = bone mineral density; IAAT = intra-abdominal adipose tissue; SEM = standard error mean; 95%CI = 95% confidence interval.
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BMC Pediatrics

ISSN: 1471-2431

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