Correlation analysis of the abdominal visceral fat area with the structure and function of the heart and liver in obesity: a prospective magnetic resonance imaging study

Table 2 MRI measurement results of the heart and abdomen

Variable	100 cm² < AVFA < 150 cm²	AVFA ≥ 150 cm²	P value
Number	N = 28	N = 41
LVEDV, ml/m²	132 (24.8)	143 (33.8)	0.127
LVEDV/BSA, ml/m²	60.7 (11.0)	63.1 (13.2)	0.412
LVESV, ml	51.2 (12.9)	55.9 (17.0)	0.198
LVESV/BSA, ml/m²	23.5 (6.05)	24.7 (6.63)	0.41
LVSV, ml	80.3 (18.4)	86.1 (25.2)	0.277
LVSV/BSA, ml/m²	35.7 (8.45)	38.1 (10.8)	0.309
LVEF, %	61.0 (7.44)	60.0 (8.63)	0.607
LVEF/BSA, ml/m²	28.1 (4.04)	26.7 (5.09)	0.2
LVCO, 1/min	6.14 (1.28)	6.32 (1.71)	0.633
LVCI, 1/min/m²	2.78 (0.48)	2.77 (0.62)	0.951
LVER(g/ml)	0.72 (0.11)	0.80 (0.13)	0.015
LVM, g	93.3 (18.7)	114 (29.6)	0.001
LVM/BSA, ml/m²	44.3 (7.55)	48.9 (12.0)	0.053
GPWT, mm	10.3 (9.27, 11.99)	11.8 (9.27, 13.4)	0.03
HR, 1/min	78.2 (11.2)	76.0 (14.0)	0.468
LVGRS, %	30.3 (5.95)	30.8 (7.67)	0.756
LVGCS, %	− 17.97 (2.13)	− 17.78 (3.01)	0.766
LVGLS, %	− 15.22 (2.36)	− 13.31 (4.04)	0.016
Myocardial T1 values, ms	1262 (47.1)	1253 (46.2)	0.458
PATV, ml	78.7 (20.6)	116 (41.6)	< 0.001
M-PDFF, %	2.30 (0.71)	2.93 (0.78)	0.001
AVFA, cm²	117.5 (105.2, 128.5)	212 (185.5, 255.5)	< 0.001
ASFA, cm²	237 (90.4)	293 (84.4)	0.012
Hepatic T1 values, ms	1040 (933.84, 1098.27)	1073 (928.44, 1191.63)	0.344
H-PDFF, %	12.7 (8.49)	20.6 (7.81)	< 0.001
Hepatic ADC, 10⁻³mm²/s	1.14 (0.43)	0.95 (0.43)	0.076

Data are presented as the mean (SD) or median (interquartile range)
LV left ventricle, EDV end diastolic volume, BSA body surface area, ESV end systolic volume, SV stroke volume, EF ejection fraction, CO cardiac output (the amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute), CI cardiac index (CO/BSA), ER eccentricity ratio, LVM left ventricular mass, GPWT global peak wall thickness, HR heart rate, GRS global radial strain, GCS global circumferential strain, GLS global longitudinal strain, PATV pericardiac adipose tissue volume, M-PDFF myocardial proton density fat fraction, AVFA abdominal visceral fat area, ASFA abdominal subcutaneous fat area, H-PDFF hepatic proton density fat fraction, ADC apparent diffusion coefficient

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