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Table 2 Models for predicting body fat, by sex

From: Accuracy of body fat percent and adiposity indicators cut off values to detect metabolic risk factors in a sample of Mexican adults

 

Men (n = 1,454)

Women (n = 3,646)

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Log (BMI)§

0.330** (0.011)

 

0.050* (0.021)

0.295** (0.005)

 

0.245** (0.007)

Log (WC)§

 

0.483** (0.014)

0.428** (0.028)

 

0.318** (0.006)

0.082** (0.008)

Constant

-78.7** (3.62)

-189.1** (6.16)

-180.5** (7.43)

-53.8** (1.60)

-100.1** (2.84)

-73.9** (2.70)

R2 (%)

43.8

55.6

55.9

56.4

41.9

57.5

  1. §Estimates were divided by 100 in order to approximate associated change in the outcome variable for a 1% increase in a given predictor.
  2. Standard errors in parenthesis.
  3. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.001.
  4. All regression coefficients differed by sex (P < 0.01).
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