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. 2019 Mar 1;6:5. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00005

Table 1.

Trunk and lower abdominal adipose tissue analysis.

Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT) Spine bone marrow (BMAT)
Before After 4 months Before After 4 months Before After 4 months
Volume (cm3) 650 515 (−20.7%) 660(+1.5%) 491 322 (−34.5%) 448 (−8.7%) 45.3 44.6 45
VAT fraction (%) 43.0 38.5 (−10.4%) 40.4 (−6%)
PDFF (%) 90.9 ± 6.5 92.0 ± 6.4 89.3 ± 6.7 80.6 ± 11.7 80.5 ± 12.0 79.3 ± 11.8 50.9 ± 3.3 54.4 ± 5.6 59.3 ± 1.4
T2* (ms) 27.1 ± 18.2 28.0 ± 18.6 25.3 ± 20.2 22.7 ± 17.6 22.5 ± 17.0 22.8 ± 20.5 8.1 ± 3.3 8.2 ± 2.6 7.1 ± 0.2
SFA (%) 44.9 ± 14.3 46.0 ± 12.6 52.2 ± 15.6 48.2 ± 18.7 49.2 ± 17.9 52.7 ± 19.5 50.9 ± 6.1 42.9 ± 1.4 58.6 ± 2.1
MUFA (%) 39.7 ± 10.0 39.8 ± 7.8 36.0 ± 9.0 35.9 ± 11.4 35.9 ± 10.3 33.5 ± 10.8 36.1 ± 2.2 39.0 ± 0.5 31.7 ± 1.2
PUFA (%) 15.4 ± 12.4 14.2 ± 9.9 11.8 ± 11.8 15.9 ± 17.2 14.9 ± 15.9 13.8 ± 17.2 13.0 ± 4.0 18.1 ± 1.5 9.7 ± 1.0

NB, VAT fraction = VAT/(SAT+VAT).