The Influences of Visceral Fat Area on the Sites of Esophageal Mucosal Breaks in Subjects with Gastroesophageal Reflux Diseases
Table 3
Multivariate analyses of anthropometric and abdominal obesity indices for PW and LC erosion.
Variables
PW side
LC side
Beta
SE
value
Beta
SE
value
Height (cm)
-0.108
0.031
<0.001
0.030
0.027
0.257
Weight (kg)
-0.035
0.016
0.032
0.027
0.015
0.081
Body mass index (kg/m2)
-0.037
0.045
0.414
0.072
0.047
0.128
Body fat ratio (%)
0.003
0.029
0.911
0.033
0.030
0.273
Waist circumference (cm)
-0.038
0.018
0.033
0.027
0.017
0.112
Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) (cm3)
-0.011
0.007
0.104
0.014
0.007
0.034
Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) (cm3)
-0.003
0.005
0.539
0.002
0.005
0.662
Total adipose tissue (TAT) (cm3)
-0.004
0.003
0.235
0.004
0.003
0.194
VAT/SAT
-0.332
0.517
0.533
1.252
0.553
0.024
The other covariates (age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, alcohol, coffee, symptoms, hiatal hernia, and H. pylori) are adjusted for these regressions. PW: posterior wall; AW: anterior wall; SE: standard error.
