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. 2022 Sep 30;12:16411. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-20419-w

Table 2.

Overview of the median volume [IQR] and p-values of the normalized BCA-Features (per slice) within both endpoint categories severity and mortality.

Tissue Sex Severity Mortality
Average volume per slice [mL], mild cases Average volume per slice [mL], severe cases p-value Average volume per slice [mL], survived cases Average volume per slice [mL], deceased cases p-value
Bone Female 28 [4.04] 29 [3.93]  ≤ 0.001 28 [4.28] 29 [4.68] 0.005
Male 36 ± 4.21 37 ± 4.38 0.013 36 ± 4.17 37 ± 4.70 0.014
Overall 33 [8.23] 34 [8.62]  ≤ 0.001 33 [8.07] 34 [9.32] 0.104
Muscle Female 49 [13.12] 44 [15.81]  ≤ 0.001 49 [13.71] 40 [13.51]  ≤ 0.0001
Male 73 [26.37] 69 [25.59] 0.018 74 [27.16] 62 [21.74]  ≤ 0.0001
Overall 62 [29.24] 60 [29.85] 0.057 63 [30.30] 53 [25.27]  ≤ 0.0001
IMAT Female 20 [9.59] 21 [11.09] 0.032 20 [9.57] 21 [11.24] 0.079
Male 18 [10.84] 22 [11.32]  ≤ 0.0001 19 [10.87] 22 [10.61]  ≤ 0.001
Overall 19 [10.39] 22 [11.40]  ≤ 0.0001 19 [10.53] 22 [10.80]  ≤ 0.001
EAT Female 1 [1.29] 1 [1.50] 0.709 1 [1.22] 2 [1.65] 0.201
Male 2 [1.57] 2 [1.66]  ≤ 0.001 2 [1.48] 2 [1.70] 0.011
Overall 2 [1.46] 2 [1.55]  ≤ 0.001 2 [1.44] 2 [1.65] 0.008
PAT Female 3 [3.0] 4 [2.95] 0.047 4 [2.87] 4 [3.45] 0.075
Male 6 [4.60] 7 [4.21]  ≤ 0.0001 6 [4.45] 7 [4.53] 0.003
Overall 5 [4.39] 6 [4.77]  ≤ 0.0001 5 [4.37] 6 [4.97] 0.006

Only the male average bone volume per slice was normally distributed and thus is reported as mean and SD. The p-values were calculated using the Mann–Whitney-U test IMAT: intra- and intermuscular adipose tissue, EAT: epicardial adipose tissue, PAT: pericardial adipose tissue.