Fig. 2: Forest plot of pooled (CAHHM with UKB) associations of measures of visceral and hepatic fat with atherosclerosis (standardized means).
From: Visceral adipose tissue and hepatic fat as determinants of carotid atherosclerosis
Squares represent point estimates, and horizontal lines are the bounds of the 95% CI. STM, standardized mean. A value of 0 is interpreted as 1 standard unit of atherosclerosis measure, calculated for each individual as \(\frac{x-\bar{x}}{{SD}}\), where x = individual CIMT or CWV measure, \(\bar{x}\) = cohort and sex-specific mean CIMT or CWV measure, and SD = cohort and sex-specific SD of CIMT or CWV measure. CAHHM models adjusted for: age, ethnicity, IHRS, VAT (for HFF) or HFF (for VAT). UKB models adjusted for age, ethnicity, smoking, alcohol, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, WHR, and VAT (for PDFF) or PDFF (for VAT). P-trend for pooled data assessed using variance-weighted least squares (n= 32, 185 for visceral fat; n= 32, 185 for hepatic fat).
