Table 3.

Magnetic Resonance Measurements of Edema in Patients and Controls

Variables	Patients, n = 31	Controls, n = 39	P
STIR myocardium/skeletal muscle	2.2 ± 0.6	1.8 ± 0.3	0.0006
STIR septum/skeletal muscle	2.2 ± 0.5	1.9 ± 0.3	0.001
STIR anterior wall/skeletal muscle	2.1 ± 0.6	1.8 ± 0.3	0.003
STIR lateral wall/skeletal muscle	2.3 ± 0.7	1.9 ± 0.3	<0.0001
STIR inferior wall/skeletal muscle	2.4 ± 0.6	1.9 ± 0.4	0.002

Abbreviations: STIR, fast spin echo triple inversion recovery sequence.

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.