Table 3.

Correlations of Short and Long Echo-Time IMCL Measures With Body Composition and Metabolic Parameters

	TA IMCL					SOL IMCL
	TE 30 msec		TE 144 msec		Fisher Z*	TE 30 msec		TE 144 msec		Fisher Z*
	r	P	r	P	P	r	P	r	P	P
Weight	0.44	0.001	0.32	0.02	0.5	0.63	<0.0001	0.62	<0.0001	0.9
BMI	0.43	0.001	0.35	0.01	0.6	0.70	<0.0001	0.67	<0.0001	0.8
TAT	0.42	0.002	0.37	0.007	0.8	0.66	<0.0001	0.65	<0.0001	0.9
SAT	0.46	0.0007	0.38	0.006	0.6	0.65	<0.0001	0.63	<0.0001	0.9
VAT	0.15	0.3	0.20	0.2	0.8	0.48	0.0003	0.48	0.0004	1
Liver density	−0.50	0.0002	−0.39	0.004	0.5	−0.49	0.0003	−0.50	0.0002	0.9
Glucose AUC	0.47	0.0004	0.41	0.003	0.7	0.41	0.003	0.49	0.0004	0.6

TE, echo-time; BMI, body mass index; IMCL, intramyocellular lipids; TA, tibialis anterior muscle; BMI, body mass index; TAT, total adipose tissue; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue, abdomen; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; SC, subcutaneous; AUC, area under the curve.

^*Fisher z-transformation comparing correlation coefficients from short and long echo-times. P > 0.05 indicates no significant difference between correlations.