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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Abdom Radiol (NY). 2019 Jul;44(7):2627–2631. doi: 10.1007/s00261-019-02002-6

Table 2.

Body weight and CT body composition changes after left gastric artery embolization

Pre-LGAE Post-LGAE % Change P
Body weight, mean (SD), kg 87.9(12.5) 82.3(13.9) −6.4 0.003
Body mass index, mean (SD), kg 30.0(4.3) 28.1(4.9) −6.3 0.005
Excess body weight, mean (SD), kg 23.3(10.6) 17.7(12.6) −24.1 0.003
Total body fat index, mean (SD), cm2/m2 128.6(54.6) 123.9(59.5) −3.7 0.03
Subcutaneous fat index, mean (SD), cm2/m2 81.7(44.5) 78.4(43.7) −4.1 0.03
Visceral fat index, mean (SD), cm2/m2 35.8(17.8) 34.3(21.6) −4.2 0.13
Intramuscular fat index, mean (SD), cm2/m2 10.2(4.8) 10.1(4.7) −1.6 0.83
Skeletal muscle index, mean (SD), cm2/m2 44.5(7.2) 41.5(6.9) −6.9 <0.001

LGAE=left gastric artery embolization