Table 3.

CMR spectroscopy data of the study participants

	HF patients with low LVEF	HF patients with normal LVEF	Control subjects	p value
	(n = 25)	(n = 23)	(n = 21)
TG/W (%)	1.72 ± 2.63	1.18 ± 1.82	1.53 ± 1.78	0.68
FA/W (%)	0.93 ± 2.13	0.97 ± 1.64	1.39 ± 1.67	0.66
UFA/W (%)	0.79 ± 1.38*,**	0.21 ± 0.28	0.14 ± 0.20	0.02
FA/TG (%)	0.53 ± 0.41	0.68 ± 0.40	0.71 ± 0.32	0.25
UFA/TG (%)	0.47 ± 0.41	0.32 ± 0.40	0.29 ± 0.32	0.25

Data are expressed as means ± standard deviation. P values are calculated from one-way analysis of variance

Abbreviations: HF heart failure, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, TG triglyceride; FA fatty acids, UFA unsaturated fatty acids, W water

^* p < 0.05 vs. controls; ^** p < 0.05 vs. HF patients with normal LVEF