Research Article
Comparison of Different Measures of Fat Mass and Their Association with Serum Cystatin C Levels
Table 3
Comparison of predictive models of cystatin C with different metrics of body fat.
| | Base model* + body fat measurement | Factor | Model | | Estimate | Standard error | value | | value | AIC | BIC |
| | No body fat measurement | — | — | — | 0.905 | <0.0001 | −335 | −290 | | Weight (kg) | 0.00107 | 0.00059 | 0.071 | 0.906 | <0.0001 | −336 | −287 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 0.00447 | 0.00160 | 0.0056 | 0.907 | <0.0001 | −340 | −292 | | Triceps skin-fold (cm) | 0.0167 | 0.00842 | 0.048 | 0.906 | <0.0001 | −336 | −288 | | Waist-hip ratio | 0.307 | 0.134 | 0.023 | 0.916 | <0.0001 | −366 | −318 | | Bioimpedance %BF | 0.00496 | 0.00151 | 0.0011 | 0.917 | <0.0001 | −371 | −323 | | Yap %BF | 0.00430 | 0.00154 | 0.0056 | 0.907 | <0.0001 | −340 | −292 | | Deurenberg %BF | 0.00373 | 0.00134 | 0.0056 | 0.907 | <0.0001 | −340 | −292 |
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The models include the significant variables age, gender, ethnicity, Log creatinine, Log serum urea, Log c-reactive protein, Log GFR, and serum albumin.
%BF: percentage body fat.
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