Table 2.

Mean ± SD of proton density fat fraction (PDFF) averaged over L1–4 for each age group.

	Sex	Twenties	p-Value	Thirties	p-Value	Forties	p-Value	Fifties	p-Value	Sixties	p-Value	Seventies	p-Value
PDFF L1-4 (%)	Male	32.0 ± 8.0	0.041	35.3 ± 6.7	0.008	32.4 ± 8.4	0.607	42.0 ± 6.1	0.662	40.2 ± 6.9	0.033	43.9 ± 7.6	0.208
	Female	27.2 ± 6.0		27.3 ± 6.2		34.5 ± 6.8		40.5 ± 9.7		48.8 ± 7.7		50.5 ± 8.2

p-Values indicate differences between male and female subjects in the respective age group. Bold p-values were statistically significant (p < 0.05).