Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) activity, platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) in leukocytes and body composition in healthy adults

Table 3 Multi-adjusted linear regression models with Lp-PLA₂ as dependent variable.

	Men (n = 52)			Women (n = 48)
	B	SE	P	B	SE	P
*Model 1*
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.140	0.869	0.001	4.084	0.632	<0.001
Age (years)	-0.077	0.053	0.156	-0.078	0.051	0.137
Smoking (never/former vs. current smoker)	-0.570	1.324	0.669	1.067	1.145	0.357
MET minutes per week (× 100)	0.002	0.001	0.768	0.000	0.001	0.640
hs C-reactive protein (mg/dL)	3.891	2.623	0.147	-1.166	2.470	0.640
*Model 1 + one variable of the following:*
Body mass index (kg/m ² )	0.227	0.161	0.168	-0.021	0.121	0.860
Waist circumference (cm)	0.097	0.068	0.160	0.022	0.038	0.565
Hip circumference (cm)	0.161	0.082	0.057	0.019	0.034	0.579
Waist-to-hip ratio	1.753	11.422	0.879	1.084	4.158	0.796
Sagittal diameter (cm)	0.267	0.197	0.184	-0.039	0.139	0.784
Abdominal skinfold (mm)	0.132	0.092	0.161	0.022	0.061	0.720
DXA ROI fat (kg)	1.867	0.620	0.005	-0.270	0.447	0.549
Trunk fat (kg)	0.409	0.151	0.010	-0.068	0.111	0.546
Arms fat (kg)	2.313	0.835	0.009	0.195	0.568	0.734
Legs fat (kg)	0.299	0.197	0.138	-0.042	0.447	0.776
% total body fat	0.218	0.106	0.046	-0.045	0.076	0.647
Total body fat (kg)	0.178	0.078	0.029	-0.023	0.557	0.690

MET: Metabolic equivalent; ROI: region of interest; DXA: dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.
All models are also adjusted for LDL-cholesterol, age, smoking and physical activity.

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