Table 4.
Correlation of renal cortical and medullary PDFF and RBF values
| Group | PDFF (%) | RBF (mL/100 g/min) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortex | Medulla | Cortex | Medulla | |||||
| r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| Cortex PDFF | - | - | 0.888 | < 0.001 | −0.640 | < 0.001 | −0.910 | < 0.001 |
| Medulla PDFF | 0.888 | < 0.001 | - | - | −0.636 | < 0.001 | −0.849 | < 0.001 |
| Cortex RBF | −0.640 | < 0.001 | −0.636 | < 0.001 | - | - | 0.704 | < 0.001 |
| Medulla RBF | −0.910 | < 0.001 | −0.849 | < 0.001 | 0.704 | < 0.001 | - | - |
| Perirenal fat | 0.670 | < 0.001 | 0.644 | < 0.001 | −0.479 | < 0.001 | −0.595 | < 0.001 |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.72 m2) | −0.711 | < 0.001 | −0.734 | < 0.001 | 0.467 | < 0.001 | 0.685 | < 0.001 |
| Scr (µmol/L) | 0.709 | < 0.001 | 0.714 | < 0.001 | −0.467 | < 0.001 | −0.671 | < 0.001 |
| Microalbuminuria | 0.481 | < 0.001 | 0.603 | < 0.001 | −0.343 | < 0.001 | −0.519 | < 0.001 |
RBF renal blood flow, PDFF proton-density fat fraction, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, Scr serum creatinine