Table 2.

Distribution of iron throughout the left ventricular myocardium. The differences in iron concentration (Δ) are compared against the mean [Fe] dw for a reference (ref) region.

LV Region of interest			All hearts (excluding heart 4)				Heart 4 alone
			[Fe] mg/g	95% CI		p value	[Fe] mg/g	95% CI		p value
Epicardium (reference)			6.17	4.65	7.69	Ref	36.10	31.58	40.62	Ref
Mesocardium (Δ)			−0.07	−0.34	0.20	0.63	−19.75	−21.71	−17.79	<0.001
Endocardium (Δ)			−0.46	−0.73	−0.19	0.001	−10.11	−12.75	−7.46	<0.001
Global LV (reference)			6.01	4.30	7.72	Ref	26.15	23.31	28.99	Ref
Basal	1	Ant (Δ)	−0.37	−1.30	0.56	0.43	1.12
	2	Ant-sep (Δ)	0.09	−0.84	1.02	0.85	−7.31
	3	Inf-sep (Δ)	−0.27	−1.20	0.66	0.57	−6.59
	4	Inf (Δ)	−0.41	−1.34	0.52	0.39	5.26
	5	Inf-lat (Δ)	−0.14	−1.07	0.79	0.77	−4.09
	6	Ant-lat (Δ)	0.38	−0.55	1.31	0.43	−2.99
Mid	7	Ant (Δ)	0.03	−0.90	0.96	0.94	4.39
	8	Ant-sep (Δ)	0.50	−0.43	1.43	0.29	3.05
	9	Inf-sep (Δ)	0.59	−0.34	1.52	0.22	−1.33
	10	Inf (Δ)	−0.01	−0.94	0.92	0.98	−0.67
	11	Inf-lat (Δ)	0.02	−0.91	0.95	0.97	2.23
	12	Ant-lat (Δ)	0.43	−0.50	1.36	0.37	1.06
Apical	13	Ant (Δ)	0.08	−0.85	1.01	0.87	4.88
	14	Sep (Δ)	−0.29	−1.22	0.64	0.54	−4.43
	15	Inf (Δ)	−0.12	−1.05	0.81	0.81	8.57
	16	Lat (Δ)	−0.50	−1.43	0.43	0.29	3.69
Global LV (reference)			5.99	4.28	7.71	Ref	26.15	23.31	28.99	Ref
Anterior (Δ)			−0.07	−0.93	0.78	0.87	3.46	−5.30	12.23	0.39
Anterolateral (Δ)			0.16	−0.70	1.01	0.72	−0.36	−8.30	7.58	0.93
Inferolateral (Δ)			−0.06	−0.91	0.80	0.89	1.56	−6.38	9.50	0.69
Inferior (Δ)			−0.16	−1.02	0.69	0.71	4.39	−3.31	12.09	0.26
Inferoseptal (Δ)			−0.06	−0.92	0.79	0.89	−3.93	−7.39	−0.48	0.28
Anteroseptal (Δ)			0.20	−0.66	1.05	0.65	−5.11	−8.29	−1.93	0.16
Apical (Δ)			0.27	−0.55	1.10	0.51	1.99	−4.41	8.40	0.49
Mid (Δ)			−0.17	−1.00	0.66	0.69	0.44	−7.18	8.06	0.88
Basal (Δ)			−0.11	−0.93	0.72	0.80	−2.43	−9.30	4.44	0.40

AHA segments are numbered and labelled as: ant = anterior; sep = septum; lat = lateral; inf = inferior).