Table 5.
Change |
Hepatic fat |
AST |
ALT |
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r | P | r | P | r | P | |
Body weight | 0.74 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.7 | 0.32 | 0.4 |
Total AT | 0.70 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.22 | 0.49 | 0.15 |
Abdominal sc AT | 0.76 | 0.01 | 0.57 | 0.09 | 0.54 | 0.11 |
Peripheral sc AT | 0.45 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.7 | 0.17 | 0.6 |
Intra-abdominal AT | 0.83 | 0.003 | 0.71 | 0.02 | 0.83 | 0.003 |
Non-abdominal internal AT | 0.28 | 0.4 | 0.23 | 0.5 | 0.35 | 0.3 |
hepatic fat | - | - | 0.51 | 0.13 | 0.62 | 0.05 |
Soleus IMCL | 0.50 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.4 | 0.21 | 0.6 |
Tibialis IMCL | 0.53 | 0.12 | 0.42 | 0.22 | 0.56 | 0.09 |
Pearson product movement correlation coefficients (r) for the relationship between AST, ALT and hepatic fat and measures of total and regional adiposity and IMCL, performed using log transformed data. AT: Adipose tissue; IMCL: intramyocellular lipid content; Sc: Subcutaneous.