Overview of individual physical activities, inactivities, and overall activity patterns significantly associated with visceral or subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue Northern German adults using multivariable BMI- or height-adjusted analysis.^a

a Multivariable robust or generalized linear regression models (n = 583 subjects) were adjusted for age, sex (except sex strata), total energy intake, smoking status (never, former, and current smoker), and either body mass index (kg/m2) (model 1) or height (model 2). Activity patterns were derived by PCA. Of the activity items and patterns explored, only significant results that reached the B-Y FDR threshold of statistical significance (P ≤ 0.015 for 14 individual activity items and patterns) are presented. (+), positive association; (—), inverse association; U-shaped, quadratic U-shaped association. “M” and “F”, respectively, indicate that the association was significant among men or women only; “(M)” and “(F)”, respectively, indicate that the association was significant in the total population, however, when stratified by sex remained significant among men or women only; “IM” and “IF” indicate a B-Y FDR significant interaction effect by sex with a B-Y FDR significant positive or negative association in men or women, respectively; “I(M)” and “I(F)” indicate a B-Y FDR significant interaction effect by sex with a non B-Y FDR significant positive or negative association (P ≤ 0.05) in men or women, respectively. Abbreviations: ANCOVA, analysis of covariance; APAT, activity pattern; APAT-1 to APAT-3, activity pattern 1 to 3 derived by PCA; B-Y FDR, Benjamini-Yekutieli false discovery rate; DIY, do-it-yourself work; F, females; I, interaction effect; IA; inactivity; M, males; PA, physical activity; PA MET, metabolic equivalent hours per week of total physical activity (including housework, walking, gardening, DIY, stair climbing, sports, cycling); PCA, principal components analysis; SAAT, subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue; VAT, visceral abdominal adipose tissue; VPA, vigorous PA. Overview of individual physical activities, inactivities, and overall activity patterns significantly associated with visceral or subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue Northern German adults using multivariable BMI- or height-adjusted analysis.a