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Table 2.

Standardized regression coefficients of inflammatory markers by body composition in white and black men.

MEASURE	WHITE						BLACK
	Model 1^*		Model 2^†		Model 3^‡		Model 1^*		Model 2^†		Model 3^‡
	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p
	IL-6						IL-6
Abdominal Adipose Areas
Visceral Fat Area	0.16	<0.01	0.18	<0.01	0.10	0.02	0.11	0.02	0.16	0.01	0.11	0.05
Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat Area	0.05	0.15	-0.04	0.41	-0.01	0.77	0.05	0.29	0.09	0.28	0.07	0.34
Thigh Adipose Areas
Thigh Subcutaneous Fat Area	0.00	0.90	-0.12	0.01	-0.10	0.02	0.00	0.99	-0.04	0.58	-0.01	0.86
Thigh Intermuscular Fat Area	0.12	<0.01	0.11	0.02	0.08	0.08	0.16	<0.01	0.20	<0.01	0.17	0.00
	CRP						CRP
Abdominal Adipose Areas
Visceral Fat Area	0.16	<0.01	0.17	<0.01	0.12	0.01	0.21	<0.01	0.20	<0.01	0.17	0.00
Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat Area	0.06	0.08	-0.01	0.87	-0.01	0.84	0.15	<0.01	0.11	0.16	0.09	0.24
Thigh Adipose Areas
Thigh Subcutaneous Fat Area	0.06	0.09	0.00	0.96	-0.01	0.86	0.12	0.01	0.03	0.64	0.07	0.31
Thigh Intermuscular Fat Area	0.10	<0.01	0.08	0.07	0.06	0.19	0.17	<0.01	0.14	0.01	0.12	0.03
	TNF-α						TNF-α
Abdominal Adipose Areas
Visceral Fat Area	0.15	<0.01	0.16	<0.01	0.13	0.00	0.07	0.11	0.11	0.08	0.09	0.12
Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat Area	0.02	0.49	-0.09	0.08	-0.05	0.29	0.03	0.54	0.05	0.57	0.05	0.51
Thigh Adipose Areas
Thigh Subcutaneous Fat Area	-0.05	0.17	-0.19	<0.01	-0.14	0.00	0.01	0.77	0.00	0.97	0.02	0.82
Thigh Intermuscular Fat Area	0.05	0.13	0.00	0.92	-0.02	0.61	0.07	0.13	0.09	0.11	0.06	0.31

Model 1: Adjusted for clinic site and age

^†

Model 2: Adjusted for clinic site, age, and BMI

^‡

Model 3: Adjusted for clinic site, age, BMI, marital status, education level, pack years, medical conditions, anti-inflammatory drugs, oral steroids, and physical activity