Table 3.

Spearman correlation analysis between metabolic parameters of adipose tissue, systemic-, arterial inflammation parameters, and adipose tissue area

	VAT SUVmax		SAT SUVmax
	r	p	r	p
Carotid artery TBR	0.543	< 0.001*	− 0.064	0.548
Spleen SUVmax	0.674	< 0.001*	− 0.108	0.312
BM SUVmax	0.686	< 0.001*	− 0.177	0.095
hsCRP	0.513	< 0.001*	− 0.073	0.506
VAT area	0.326	< 0.01*	− 0.202	0.061
SAT area	− 0.099	0.364	− 0.141	0.192

Data were correlation coefficients from correlation analysis

VAT visceral adipose tissue, SAT subcutaneous adipose tissue, SUVmax maximum standardized uptake value, TBR target-to-background ratio, BM bone marrow, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein

* Statistically significant difference