Table 2. Relations between liver lipid content by MRS and selected variables adjusted for sex and race and sex, race, and alcohol intake.

	IHL (% oil phantom)		Liver-to-spleen ratio
Variable	Sex and race	Sex, race, and alcohol intake	Sex and race	Sex, race, and alcohol intake
Weight (kg)	0.077	0.11	-0.33**	-0.37**
Body fat (%)	0.41**	0.43**	-0.03	-0.04
TAT (kg)	0.43**	0.44**	-0.21	-0.21
VAT (kg)	0.56***	0.54***	-0.14	-0.11
Triglycerides (log mg/dl)	0.53***	0.52***	-0.15	-0.13
HDL-cholesterol	-0.23	-0.21	-0.07	-0.10
ALT (U/l)	0.43**	0.42**	-0.20	-0.16
ALK (U/l)	0.29	0.27*	0.01	0.06
hsCRP (mg/dl)	0.31**	0.33**	-0.06	-0.08

Values are partial correlation coefficients (rs) between liver lipid stores and the variables of interest adjusted for sex and race as well as for sex, race, and average alcohol consumption measured in g/week during the 5-week baseline assessment. IHL measured by MRS, liver-to-spleen ratio and liver minus spleen by computed tomography.

ALK, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; IHL, intrahepatic lipid; MRS, magnetic resonance spectroscopy; TAT, total abdominal adipose tissue; VAT, visceral abdominal adipose tissue.

^*P 0.05 < 0.10;

^**P < 0.05;

^***P < 0.001.