Table 2.

Correlation of changes in liver fat with changes in other parameters, adjusted for sex and intervention group

	Absolute Δ liver fat	P value	Percent Δ liver fat	P value
Measures of adiposity
Δ weight	0.231	0.030	0.349	0.001
Δ waist	0.022	0.835	0.116	0.281
Δ BMI	0.194	0.070	0.259	0.015
Δ total fat	0.095	0.378	0.097	0.367
Δ subcutaneous fat	0.135	0.209	0.111	0.304
Δ intraperitoneal fat	0.056	0.604	0.045	0.676
Δ retroperitoneal fat	0.080	0.456	0.145	0.179
Metabolic parameters
Δ A1C	0.311	0.004	0.419	<0.0001
Δ glucose	0.291	0.007	0.373	0.001
Δ insulin*	−0.186	0.137	−0.302	0.015
Δ total cholesterol	0.050	0.654	0.042	0.701
Δ HDL	0.072	0.517	0.005	0.964
Δ triglycerides	0.187	0.089	0.336	0.002
Δ LDL	−0.084	0.447	−0.105	0.342
Δ HDL-to-triglyceride ratio	0.128	0.246	0.276	0.011
Liver tests
Δ ALT	0.294	0.005	0.211	0.047
Δ AST	0.348	0.001	0.280	0.008
Δ GGT	0.277	0.009	0.287	0.006
Δ AST-to-ALT ratio	−0.030	0.781	−0.033	0.762
Inflammatory markers
Δ IL-8	0.014	0.904	−0.085	0.466
Δ IL-10	0.136	0.245	−0.010	0.934
Δ TNF-α	−0.024	0.840	−0.002	0.986
Δ adiponectin	0.062	0.600	−0.124	0.290
Δ ghrelin	0.195	0.094	0.214	0.065
Δ resistin	−0.122	0.297	−0.079	0.498

*Among non–insulin users.