Visceral Abdominal and Subfascial Femoral Adipose Tissue Have Opposite Associations with Liver Fat in Overweight and Obese Premenopausal Caucasian Women

Table 4

Independent contributions (standardized beta coefficients) of abdominal adipose tissue depots and thigh body composition compartments to liver-to-spleen ratio, adjusted for age and BMI.

	Liver-to-spleen ratio	Percentage of variance explained** (%)
TAAT, cm^2	−0.234	8.4
Ab SAT, cm^2	−0.136	6.8
Superficial, cm^2	0.014	6.3
Deep, cm^2	−0.133	7.3
VAT, cm^2	−0.241*	9.2
Mid-thigh AT, cm^2	0.148	7.1
Mid-thigh SAT, cm^2	0.129	7.1
Mid-thigh SFAT, cm^2	0.295^†	12.5
Muscle, cm^2	0.005	6.2
HDM, cm^2	−0.036	6.4
LDM, cm^2	0.145	7.3

All variables were entered in the regression models as continuous variables. While BMI revealed independent associations with all body composition variables (P < 0.01), age did not present any independent relation with the studied variables.
** Variance explained by age, BMI, and the studied variable.
* P < 0.05.
^†P < 0.01.