Table 2.
Mean and Standard Deviation Values
| 6‐echo | 20‐echo |
P‐value (6‐ vs. 20‐echo) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| PDFF | |||
| Supraclavicular fat PDFF (%) | 79.3 ± 6.0 (64.8–87.3) | 82.5 ± 5.3 (68.8–89.4) | <0.0001 |
| Gluteal fat PDFF (%) | 90.8 ± 4.5 (81.4–96.2) | 93.7 ± 3.4 (86.4–97.4) | <0.0001 |
| P‐value (supraclavicular vs. gluteal) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |
| T2* | |||
| Supraclavicular fat T2* (msec) | 14.9 ± 360.2 (–1908.3–1118.9) | 22.2 ± 19.5 (–47.8–90.9) | 0.16 |
| Gluteal fat T2* (msec) | –47.5 ± 550.9 (–3134.9–302.7) | 37.4 ± 8.3 (23.8–61.6) | 0.03 |
| P‐value (supraclavicular vs. gluteal) | 0.03 | <0.0001 |
Range in parentheses for the supraclavicular and gluteal fat PDFF and T2* using the 6‐echo and the 20‐echo datasets. PDFF: proton density fat fraction.