Table 4.

Correlations (Spearman’s rho) between the myocardial TG components and CMR features

Myocardial TG	MRI feature	Correlation coefficient (r)	p value
TG/W (%)	LVEF (%)	0.024	0.85
	LVEDV (mL)	−0.007	0.95
	LVESV (mL)	0.003	0.98
	LV stroke volume	0.026	0.83
	Cardiac output (L/min)	0.082	0.51
	LV mass (g)	−0.278	0.02
	LV global function index (%)	0.174	0.15
	LV concentricity	−0.280	0.02
FA/W (%)	LVEF (%)	0.161	0.19
	LVEDV (mL)	−0.194	0.11
	LVESV (mL)	−0.188	0.12
	LV stroke volume	−0.096	0.43
	Cardiac output (L/min)	−0.080	0.52
	LV mass (g)	−0.423	< 0.001
	LV global function index (%)	0.286	0.02
	LV concentricity	−0.146	0.23
UFA/W (%)	LVEF (%)	−0.177	0.15
	LVEDV (mL)	0.170	0.16
	LVESV (mL)	0.216	0.07
	LV stroke volume	0.034	0.78
	Cardiac output (L/min)	0.080	0.52
	LV mass (g)	0.006	0.96
	LV global function index (%)	−0.053	0.66
	LV concentricity	−0.253	0.04
FA/TG (%)	LVEF (%)	0.176	0.15
	LVEDV (mL)	−0.218	0.07
	LVESV (mL)	−0.233	0.05
	LV stroke volume	−0.101	0.41
	Cardiac output (L/min)	−0.128	0.30
	LV mass (g)	−0.345	0.004
	LV global function index (%)	0.206	0.09
	LV concentricity	−0.038	0.75
UFA/TG (%)	LVEF (%)	−0.178	0.14
	LVEDV (mL)	0.219	0.07
	LVESV (mL)	0.234	0.05
	LV stroke volume	0.092	0.45
	Cardiac output (L/min)	0.110	0.37
	LV mass (g)	0.366	0.002
	LV global function index (%)	−0.220	0.07
	LV concentricity	0.056	0.65

Abbreviations: TG triglyceride, FA fatty acids, UFA unsaturated fatty acids, W water, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVESV left ventricular end-systolic volume, LV left ventricle