Bean Consumption Accounts for Differences in Body Fat and Waist Circumference: A Cross-Sectional Study of 246 Women

Table 2

Magnitude of the linear associations between bean and legume intake, body fat percentage, and waist circumference in 246 women.

Body fat percentage
Exposure variable (per 10% increase)	Regression coefficient	SE	F
Covariate
Bean intake (cups/1000 kcal)
None	−0.13	0.05	7.7	0.0058
Age	−0.14	0.05	8.2	0.0045
Age, energy intake	−0.14	0.05	8.2	0.0047
Age, PA	−0.13	0.05	7.8	0.0056
Age, PA, energy intake, education	−0.12	0.05	7.4	0.0069
Waist circumference (cm)
Bean intake (cups/1000 kcal)
None	−0.13	0.07	3.6	0.0576
Age	−0.13	0.07	3.8	0.0515
Age, energy intake	−0.13	0.07	3.9	0.0494
Age, PA	−0.12	0.07	3.5	0.0643
Age, PA, energy intake, education	−0.12	0.06	3.4	0.0680

SE: standard error of the regression coefficient. PA: physical activity. Interpretation of the regression coefficient results would be as follows for the model under body fat percentage with age, PA, energy intake, and education controlled: for each 10% increase in bean intake (cups per 1000 kcal), body fat tends to be 0.12 percentage points lower, on average.