Clinical Study
How to Estimate Fat Mass in Overweight and Obese Subjects
Table 5
Forward stepwise multivariate regression analysis (FM from DXA as dependent variable).
| | Step | Variables entered | | change | Sig. change | adj |
| | 1 | Constant FM-BIA | 0.828 | | 0.000 | 0.826 | | 2 | Leptin | 0.847 | 0.02 | 0.001 | 0.844 | Model 1 | 3 | BMI | 0.863 | 0.016 | 0.001 | 0.859 | | 4 | H | 0.871 | 0.008 | 0.019 | 0.866 | | 5 | AFA | 0.877 | 0.006 | 0.032 | 0.871 |
| Model 2 | 1 | Constant FM-BIA | 0.831 | | 0.000 | 0.829 | 2 | Leptin | 0.851 | 0.019 | 0.001 | 0.848 |
| Model 3 | 1 | Constant BMI | 0.541 | | 0.000 | 0.537 | 2 | Leptin | 0.677 | 0.135 | 0.000 | 0.67 |
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Legend: BMI: body mass index; AFA: arm fat area; H: hips circumference; FM-BIA: fat mass estimate through bioimpedance analysis.
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