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. 2025 Apr 27;16:93. doi: 10.1186/s13244-025-01971-1

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