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Table 5 Factors associated with fat patterning and CVD risk factors: Multiple linear regression

From: Factors associated with the CVD risk factors and body fat pattern of postmenopausal Hindu caste and Lodha tribal populations living in India: An exploratory study

Dependent variable

Independent variables

Unstandardized

coefficients

t value

p value

CI at 95%

R square

lower

upper

BMI

Urban residence

Completed years of education of the spouses

Total number of pregnancies

3.98

0.35

0.37

5.31

4.81

2.30

0.0001

0.0001

0.02

2.50

0.21

0.05

5.45

0.50

0.70

0.40

PBF

Completed years of education of the spouses

Age of the participants at the time of interview

Urban residence

Age at first pregnancy

Tobacco chewing

0.29

0.29

2.76

-0.22

-1.75

2.81

6.09

3.06

-2.30

-2.16

0.005

0.0001

0.003

0.02

0.03

0.08

0.19

0.98

-0.41

-3.35

0.50

0.38

4.54

-0.03

-0.15

0.27

WHR

Urban residence

Exclusively homemaker

0.07

0.03

5.24

2.94

0.0001

0.004

0.04

0.01

0.10

0.06

0.20

Visceral fat

Urban residence

Completed years of education of the spouses

Age of the participants at the time of interview

Fish consumption

3.74

0.25

0.10

0.27

5.48

3.50

2.91

2.68

0.0001

0.001

0.004

0.008

2.39

0.11

0.03

0.07

5.09

0.39

0.17

0.47

0.39

Whole body subcutaneous fat

Completed years of education of the spouses

Urban residence

Age of the participants at the time of interview

Tobacco chewing

0.32

3.71

0.16

-2.06

3.56

4.58

3.87

-2.82

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.005

0.14

2.11

0.08

-3.51

0.51

5.29

0.25

-0.62

0.40

Trunk subcutaneous fat

Completed years of education of the spouses

Age of the participant’s at the time of interview

Urban residence

Tobacco chewing

Age at first pregnancy

0.34

0.21

3.54

-1.91

-0.18

3.55

4.87

4.30

-2.58

-2.04

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.01

0.04

0.15

0.12

1.91

-3.36

-0.35

0.53

0.29

5.16

-0.45

-0.007

0.35

Trunk skeletal fat

Age of the participants at the time of interview

Urban residence

Tobacco chewing

Exclusively homemaker

Age at first pregnancy

-0.17

-1.34

1.21

-0.83

0.10

-8.77

-4.11

4.18

-2.91

2.69

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.004

0.008

-0.21

-1.99

0.64

-1.40

0.02

-0.13

-0.07

1.78

-0.27

0.17

0.41

Arm subcutaneous fat

Completed years of education of the spouses

Age of the participants at the time of interview

Age at marriage

Urban residence

Tobacco chewing

0.44

0.23

-0.22

2.43

-2.01

3.50

3.96

-2.44

2.23

-2.05

0.001

0.0001

0.01

0.02

0.04

0.19

0.11

-0.41

0.28

-3.95

0.70

0.34

-0.04

4.58

-0.07

0.24

Arm skeletal fat

Completed years of education of the spouses

Age of the participants at the time of interview

Urban residence

Age at first pregnancy

Fish consumption

Milk consumption

-0.31

-0.18

-2.18

0.15

-0.21

0.18

-4.66

-5.84

-3.60

2.41

-2.42

2.09

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.01

0.01

0.03

-0.45

-0.24

-3.37

0.02

-0.39

0.01

-0.18

-0.12

-0.98

0.28

-0.04

0.35

0.34

Leg subcutaneous fat

Completed years of education of the spouses

Urban residence

Fish consumption

0.42

4.85

0.42

3.59

4.34

2.53

0.0001

0.0001

0.01

0.19

2.65

0.09

0.65

7.06

0.75

0.36

Leg skeletal fat

Age of the participants at the time of interview

Total number of wastage

Age at first pregnancy

Urban residence

Age at menopause

-0.21

0.88

0.15

1.32

0.08

-7.14

4.14

2.95

3.01

2.59

0.0001

0.0001

0.004

0.003

0.01

-0.27

0.46

0.05

0.45

0.02

-0.15

1.30

0.25

2.19

0.15

0.41

Blood glucose level

Age at menopause Physical activity level

Meat consumption

-1.75

-0.002

-3.34

-3.50

-2.50

-2.01

0.001

0.01

0.04

-2.74

-0.004

-6.61

-0.76

-0.001

-0.06

0.12

Blood total cholesterol level

Age at marriage

Urban residence

-2.19

19.48

-2.80

2.43

0.006

0.01

-3.73

3.68

-0.64

35.29

0.05

Muscle mass

Urban residence

Age of the participants at the time of interview

Completed years of education of the spouses

Fish consumption

Milk consumption

Total number of wastage

-2.60

-0.22

-0.23

-0.23

0.20

-0.55

-4.94

-7.80

-4.10

-2.93

2.72

-2.35

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.004

0.007

0.01

-3.64

-0.27

-0.35

-0.38

0.05

-1.01

-1.56

-0.16

-0.12

-0.07

0.35

-0.09

0.44

Fat mass

Completed years of education of the spouses

Urban residence

Exclusively homemaker

Fish consumption

Milk consumption

0.45

3.56

1.56

0.33

-0.26

4.74

3.93

2.25

2.45

-2.04

0.0001

0.0001

0.02

0.01

0.04

0.26

1.77

0.19

0.06

-0.52

0.64

5.35

2.93

0.59

-0.009

0.42

Mean arterial pressure

Age of the participants at the time of interview

Tobacco chewing

0.59

6.57

4.02

2.95

0.0001

0.004

0.30

2.18

0.87

10.95

0.14