Table 4.
Mean fat accumulation in the pancreas, liver and skeletal muscle(s) in patients with normal BMI and without central obesity (group I, N=76) and with normal BMI but higher than reference waist circumference (group II, N=57)
Variable | Welch’s t-test for independent groups | |||
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Mean ± SD Group 1 |
Mean ± SD Group 2 |
T | P | |
Pancreas fat fraction % | 5.338±3.567 | 6.846±4.372 | −2.127 | 0.036 |
Muscle fat fraction % | 4.259±3.344 | 6.561±4.726 | −3.136 | 0.011 |
Liver fat fraction% | 3.205±2.092 | 4.258±3.200 | −2.161 | 0.033 |