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. 2009 Jul 14;94(10):3995–4002. doi: 10.1210/jc.2009-0438

Table 3.

Associations of IMCL and intrahepatic lipids with body composition, peak GH, measures of insulin resistance, and serum triglycerides

IMCL-TA
IMCL-SOL
Intrahepatic fat
r P r P r P
Peak GH −0.50 0.005 −0.44 0.02 −0.52 0.004
Weight 0.42 0.009 0.62 <0.0001 0.48 0.003
BMI 0.45 0.005 0.71 <0.0001 0.55 0.0004
TAT 0.49 0.002 0.66 <0.0001 0.54 0.0007
SAT 0.51 0.001 0.63 <0.0001 0.54 0.0008
VAT 0.44 0.007 0.7 <0.0001 0.54 0.0008
sc fat, thigh 0.37 0.03 0.62 <0.0001 0.39 0.02
Muscle, thigh 0.40 0.02 0.55 0.0005 0.33 0.06
Glucose AUC 0.53 0.001 0.66 <0.0001 0.51 0.002
Insulin 0.29 NS 0.50 0.01 0.16 NS
HOMA-IR 0.37 0.05 0.56 0.002 0.2 NS
Triglycerides 0.56 0.0003 0.37 0.03 0.64 <0.0001

NS, Not significant; TAT, total adipose tissue.