Research Article

Objectively Quantified Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Predicting Visceral Adiposity and Liver Fat

Table 3

Hierarchical regression model for prediction of visceral adiposity.

Adjusted changeβ

Block 10.7320.5360.5180.536<0.001
 Sex
 Age 0.386
 Waist0.503
Block 20.7900.6240.5710.0870.032
 Sex
 Age 0.244
 Waist0.525
 TG0.264
 SBP0.029
 DBP
 ALT0.052
 BMI0.001
 Glucose0.127
 Insulin
Block 30.8080.6530.5870.0290.136
 Sex
 Age 0.194
 Waist0.510
 TG0.241
 SBP
 DBP
 ALT0.062
 BMI0.056
 Glucose0.174
 Insulin
 Sedentary
 Moderate0.212
 Vigorous

BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; and TG: triglyceride. Boldface indicates statistical significance ().