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Published in final edited form as: Eur Radiol. 2016 Feb 6;26(11):4131–4140. doi: 10.1007/s00330-016-4231-8

Table 8.

Correlation of M. erector spinae and adipose tissue compartments; N = 120, r (p-value).

	TFA r(p)	VFA^a r(p)	SFA r(p)	IFA^a r(p)	RFA^a r(p)	VFR^a r(p)
M. erector spinae-L3/4	-0.37 (<.0001)^*	-0.30 (0.001)^*	-0.31 (0.0006)^*	-0.27 (0.003)^*	-0.28 (0.002)^*	-0.10 (0.29)

: square root transformed version of the variable was used, TFA= total fat area, VFA= visceral fat area, SFA= subcutaneous fat area, IFA= intraperitoneal fat area, RFA= retroperitoneal fat area and VFR= visceral fat ratio VFA/SFA.

=significant.