Table 2.
Comparison of PET/CT images between NAFLD patients and non-NAFLD patients
| Parameters | NAFLD (n = 33) |
Non-NAFLD (n = 158) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myocardial SUVmean | 1.46 (1.19, 2.73) | 3.06 (1.67, 4.57) | <0.001*# |
| Mediastinal blood pool SUVmean | 1.49 ± 0.31 | 1.34 ± 0.33 | 0.015* |
| Liver SUVmean | 2.14 ± 0.35 | 2.15 ± 0.35 | 0.856 |
| Spleen SUVmean | 1.73 ± 0.19 | 1.61 ± 0.22 | 0.005* |
| Pancreas SUVmean | 1.45 ± 0.18 | 1.49 ± 0.26 | 0.487 |
| Skeletal muscle SUVmean | 0.68 ± 0.14 | 0.66 ± 0.14 | 0.603 |
| Abdominal adipose volume (cm3) | 4040 (3096, 4552) | 3043 (2480, 3617) | <0.001*# |
| VAT volume (cm3) | 1857 (1516, 2118) | 1230 (882, 1652) | <0.001*# |
| SAT volume (cm3) | 2042 (1517, 2570) | 1725 (1432, 2124) | 0.017*# |
VAT Visceral adipose tissue, SAT Subcutaneous adipose tissue
* indicates significant statistical differences, # indicates using Mann-Whitney U-test