Multivariate linear regression analyses of visceral (Vis) and subcutaneous (SC) BMPR2 mRNA expression with anthropometric and metabolic parameters (N = 161).

Model 1: correlation with age and gender as predictors of obesity;Model 2: with BMI as measure of obesity and 3 with % fat as measure of obesity: test whether correlation between BMPR2 mRNA expression and obesity withstands adjustments for age and gender;Model 4: test whether correlation between the BMPR2 mRNA expression and GIR is independent of obesity.