Table 3.

R2* iron level and fat fraction between conventional MRI and IDEAL

	Conventional MRI	IDEAL	p Value
All patients
Fat fraction, reader 1	1.3 (−205.5, 35)	11.4 (1, 93.8)	< 0.001
Fat fraction, reader 2	1.3 (−148.5, 36.6)	11.1 (1.2, 99.7)	< 0.001
Patients with above normal R2* iron level (n = 37)
Fat fraction, reader 1	1.8 (− 121.7, 32)	12.3 (1, 93.8)	< 0.001
Fat fraction, reader 2	0.6 (−148.5, 32.7)	11.9 (1.2, 99.7)	< 0.001
Patients with low/normal R2* iron level (n = 13).
Fat fraction, reader 1	1 (−205.5, 35)	4.5 (1.9, 52.3)	0.068
Fat fraction, reader 2	3.2 (− 115.6, 36.6)	10.3 (2.2, 60)	0.048