Research Article

Association of the Composite Inflammatory Biomarker GlycA, with Exercise-Induced Changes in Body Habitus in Men and Women with Prediabetes

Table 3

Associations of changes in fitness, body composition, liver density, fasting glucose, and insulin on changes in GlycA concentrations.

Change in log GlycA
R2 adjB (95% C.I.) × 103

Fitness
 VO2peak (mL/kg/min)0.627−2.0 (−4.0, 0.0)0.06
Body composition
 BMI (kg/m2)0.6454.0 (0.0, 8.0)0.03
 Body fat (%)0.6162.0 (0.0, 3.0)0.03
 Total abdominal adiposity (cm2)a0.642120 (23.0, 217)0.02
 Subcutaneous (cm2)a0.63188 (−11.0, 18.8)0.08
 Visceral (cm2)a0.63779 (15.0, 14.2)0.02
 Liver density (HU)a0.629−28.0 (−121, 66.0)0.56
Glucose and insulin
 Fasting glucose (mg/dl)a0.621129 (−84, 342)0.23
 Fasting insulin (μU/mL)a0.6344 (11, 77)0.01

aLog transformed