Table 5.
Correlation between the degree of TBR by 18 F-FDG-PET/CT and various CVD risk factors
|
TBRmean |
TBRmax |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p-value | r | p-value | |
| Age |
0.170 |
0.029 |
0.165 |
0.035 |
| Body mass index |
0.184 |
0.018 |
0.206 |
0.008 |
| Waist to hip ratio |
0.130 |
0.097 |
0.123 |
0.117 |
| Body fat (%) |
0.169 |
0.030 |
0.200 |
0.010 |
| Body fat (kg) |
0.267 |
0.001 |
0.289 |
<0.0001 |
| Visceral fat (kg) |
0.264 |
0.001 |
0.278 |
<0.0001 |
| Subcutaneous fat (kg) |
0.240 |
0.002 |
0.266 |
0.001 |
| Muscle mass (kg) |
0.056 |
0.476 |
0.034 |
0.668 |
| Systolic BP |
0.083 |
0.292 |
0.030 |
0.702 |
| Diastolic BP |
0.123 |
0.117 |
0.090 |
0.253 |
| FPG |
0.157 |
0.044 |
0.182 |
0.020 |
| HbA1c |
−0.050 |
0.597 |
−0.021 |
0.825 |
| Total cholesterol |
0.064 |
0.417 |
0.082 |
0.296 |
| Triglyceride |
0.057 |
0.467 |
0.070 |
0.372 |
| HDL-Cholesterol |
−0.017 |
0.832 |
−0.016 |
0.843 |
| LDL-Cholesterol |
0.050 |
0.524 |
0.065 |
0.408 |
| CRP |
0.031 |
0.700 |
0.077 |
0.347 |
| ALT |
−0.073 |
0.353 |
−0.075 |
0.342 |
| Fatty liver | 0.122 | 0.119 | 0.103 | 0.189 |
SUVmean/max, mean/maximum standardized uptake value; TBRmean/max, mean/maximum target-to-background ratio; BP, blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; AST/ALT, aspartate/alanine aminotransferase; CRP, C-reactive protein. Data are presented as Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r). p < 0.05 was regarded as statistically significant.