Table 2. Associations of Brown Fat with Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics.
All Subjects (n = 24) | Log Brown Fat Volume | Log Brown Fat Volume normalized for LBM | Log SUV Mean | |||
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r | p | r | p | R | p | |
Age (years) | -0.04 | 0.86 | -0.11 | 0.60 | -0.01 | 0.95 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 0.05 | 0.81 | 0.13 | 0.54 | 0.11 | 0.63 |
Duration of Amenorrhea (months) | -0.31 | 0.14* | -0.34 | 0.09 | -0.46 | 0.02* |
Activity (hours/week) | -0.37 | 0.10 | -0.27 | 0.23 | -0.18 | 0.44 |
Pulse (bpm) | 0.42 | 0.04 | 0.39 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.50 |
Temperature (°F) | 0.47 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.13 | 0.38 | 0.07 |
Percentage of Body Fat | 0.41 | 0.045 | 0.38 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.14 |
Total Fat Mass (kg) | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.36 |
Total Lean Mass (kg) | -0.46 | 0.02 | -0.10 | 0.60 | -0.45 | 0.03 |
Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) | -0.19 | 0.43 | 0.01 | 0.90 | -0.21 | 0.38 |
Irisin (mcg/ml) | 0.42 | 0.045 | 0.39 | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.17 |
TSH (microU/mL) | -0.15 | 0.50 | 0.02 | 0.90 | -0.09 | 0.66 |
Total T3 (ng/ml) | 0.62 | 0.002 | 0.58 | 0.003 | 0.65 | 0.001 |
Free T4 (ng/L) | 0.62 | 0.002 | 0.43 | 0.04 | 0.51 | 0.01 |
*Spearman’s correlations was used for non parametric distributions
SUV mean: mean standardized uptake value.