Table 4.
Correlation values for hepatic steatosis in all patients, the non-obese group, obese group, and BMI30 (BMI > 30 kg/m2) group
| All patients (n = 86) |
Non-obese group (n = 33) |
Obese group (n = 53) |
BMI30 group (n = 17) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r (95% CI) | p-value | r (95% CI) | p-value | r (95% CI) | p-value | r (95% CI) | p-value | ||
| PDFF | CAP | 0.486 (0.306–0.633) |
< 0.001 | 0.585 (0.302–0.773) |
< 0.001 | 0.354 (0.093–0.570) |
0.009 | 0.212 (− 0.300–0.629) |
0.413 |
| AWT | 0.179 (− 0.003–0.377) |
0.099 | 0.318 (− 0.028–0.596) |
0.071 | −0.023 (− 0.300–0.249) |
0.925 | −0.338 (− 0.704–0.170) |
0.185 | |
| CAP | AWT | 0.517 (0.343–0.657) |
< 0.001 | 0.549 (0.253–0.751) |
0.001 | 0.386 (0.129–0.594) |
0.004 | 0.221 (− 0.291–0.634) |
0.394 |
Notes: CI confidence interval, PDFF proton density fat fraction, CAP controlled attenuation parameter, AWT abdominal wall thickness. All the p-values of boldface are less than 0.05