Relatively lower body mass index is associated with an excess of severe truncal asymmetry in healthy adolescents: Do white adipose tissue, leptin, hypothalamus and sympathetic nervous system influence truncal growth asymmetry?

Table 6 All subjects

Position	Dependent variable	Explanatory variable	Unstandardised beta coefficient	[95% Conf.	Interval]	p	Unstandardised beta coefficient	[95% Conf.	Interval]	p
			Boys				Girls
Standing position	ATI T	BMI	-0.01	-0.03	0.01	0.366	-0.02	-0.05	0.00	0.034
		Age	0.05	0.00	0.10	0.077	0.05	-0.01	0.11	0.089
		Constant	-0.21	-0.92	0.51	0.566	0.34	-0.51	1.18	0.435
	ATI T-L	BMI	0.01	-0.02	0.03	0.604	-0.02	-0.05	0.01	0.142
		Age	0.03	-0.03	0.10	0.335	0.03	-0.04	0.10	0.444
		Constant	-0.33	-1.26	0.61	0.495	0.51	-0.51	1.53	0.323
	ATI L	BMI	0.01	-0.01	0.03	0.306	-0.03	-0.06	-0.01	0.009
		Age	0.00	-0.06	0.06	0.915	0.00	-0.06	0.07	0.930
		Constant	-0.07	-0.91	0.78	0.879	1.05	0.10	2.00	0.031
Sitting position	ATI T	BMI	-0.02	-0.04	-0.01	0.001	-0.02	-0.04	0.00	0.030
		Age	0.06	0.02	0.10	0.004	0.08	0.04	0.13	<0.001
		Constant	-0.02	-0.58	0.54	0.946	-0.32	-0.97	0.32	0.326
	ATI T-L	BMI	-0.01	-0.03	0.01	0.298	0.00	-0.02	0.02	0.727
		Age	0.05	0.00	0.10	0.042	0.06	0.01	0.12	0.029
		Constant	-0.23	-0.95	0.48	0.527	-0.40	-1.20	0.40	0.331
	ATI L	BMI	-0.02	-0.04	-0.01	0.013	0.00	-0.02	0.02	0.863
		Age	0.01	-0.04	0.06	0.762	0.01	-0.04	0.06	0.775
		Constant	0.66	-0.08	1.40	0.081	0.24	-0.47	0.94	0.514

Regression of BMI on angle of trunk inclination (ATI) with adjustment for age (age constant) in standing and sitting FB positions by gender and spinal region.

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