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. 2022 Oct 26;112(1):134–144. doi: 10.1007/s00392-022-02119-7

Table 2.

Changes in 23NaMRI parameters after 3 months of treatment with empagliflozin or placebo

Parameters after 3 months Empagliflozin, change from baseline p value empagliflozin vs. baseline Placebo, change from baseline p value placebo vs. baseline Between-group difference p value empagliflozin vs. placebo
Skin sodium content (AU) − 1.3 ± 3.5 0.013 0.6 ± 3.5 0.384 − 2.1 ± 0.9 0.022
Muscle sodium content (AU) − 0.3 ± 2.9 0.448 − 0.9 ± 3.0 0.169 0.5 ± 0.8 0.536
Muscle sodium content, inversion recovery sequence (AU) − 0.1 ± 2.1 0.751 − 0.8 ± 2.6 0.141 0.7 ± 0.6 0.250
Muscle water content (ms) 0.5 ± 5.4 0.516 − 0.3 ± 4.5 0.732 0.8 ± 1.3 0.517
Muscle fat content (AU) 0.2 ± 2.1 0.481 0.4 ± 2.4 0.490 0.3 ± 0.6 0.790
Tibial bone marrow sodium content (AU) − 0.6 ± 1.4 0.013 0.1 ± 1.1 0.825 − 0.6 ± 0.4 0.074

Data are mean ± standard deviation

AU arbitrary units