Cardiovascular Diabetology

Table 5 Correlation between the degree of TBR by¹⁸ F-FDG-PET/CT and various CVD risk factors

From: Subclinical vascular inflammation in subjects with normal weight obesity and its association with body Fat: an ¹⁸ F-FDG-PET/CT study

	TBRmean		TBRmax
	r	p-value	r	p-value
Age	0.170	0.029	0.165	0.035
Body mass index	0.184	0.018	0.206	0.008
Waist to hip ratio	0.130	0.097	0.123	0.117
Body fat (%)	0.169	0.030	0.200	0.010
Body fat (kg)	0.267	0.001	0.289	<0.0001
Visceral fat (kg)	0.264	0.001	0.278	<0.0001
Subcutaneous fat (kg)	0.240	0.002	0.266	0.001
Muscle mass (kg)	0.056	0.476	0.034	0.668
Systolic BP	0.083	0.292	0.030	0.702
Diastolic BP	0.123	0.117	0.090	0.253
FPG	0.157	0.044	0.182	0.020
HbA1c	−0.050	0.597	−0.021	0.825
Total cholesterol	0.064	0.417	0.082	0.296
Triglyceride	0.057	0.467	0.070	0.372
HDL-Cholesterol	−0.017	0.832	−0.016	0.843
LDL-Cholesterol	0.050	0.524	0.065	0.408
CRP	0.031	0.700	0.077	0.347
ALT	−0.073	0.353	−0.075	0.342
Fatty liver	0.122	0.119	0.103	0.189

SUVmean/max, mean/maximum standardized uptake value; TBRmean/max, mean/maximum target-to-background ratio; BP, blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; AST/ALT, aspartate/alanine aminotransferase; CRP, C-reactive protein. Data are presented as Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r). p < 0.05 was regarded as statistically significant.

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