. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Jun;68(6):782–787. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002309

Table II.

Correlation Coefficients (r) for Visceral and Subcutaneous Fat Volumes and PDFFs with Hepatic PDFF and Anthropometric Measurements

	Visceral Fat Volume	Subcutaneous Fat Volume	Hepatic PDFF
Hepatic PDFF, %	0.79^**	0.75^**	-
Visceral fat PDFF, %	0.75^**	0.76^**	0.92^**
Subcutaneous fat PDFF, %	0.64^*	0.71^*	0.66^*
Alanine aminotransferase, IU/L^a	0.03	−0.43	0.06
Aspartate aminotransferase, IU/L^a	−0.02	−0.3	0.13
Hemoglobin A1C, %^a	0.54	0.44	0.43
Total cholesterol, mg/dL^a	−0.62	−0.12	−0.23
Low-density lipoprotein, mg/dL^a	−0.30	0.22	−0.37
High-density lipoprotein, mg/dL^a	−0.72^*	−0.1	−0.23
Body mass index z-score	0.88^**	0.94^**	0.75^**
Waist circumference (cm)	0.97^**	0.98^**	0.74^**
Waist circumference percentile	0.94^**	0.96^**	0.84^**
Waist-to-height ratio	0.89^**	0.92^**	0.79^**
Subscapular skinfold percentile	0.89^**	0.92^**	0.79^**
Tricep skinfold percentile	0.84^**	0.86^**	0.75^**

Laboratory values were only obtained from the overweight group (n=9 for all laboratory values, except n=8 for hemoglobinA1C).

p<0.05,

^**

p<0.001.

PDFF; proton density fat fraction.