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Table 2 Correlation between visual grading of myocardial FDG uptake and metabolic factors

From: The association between diabetes mellitus and reduction in myocardial glucose uptake: a population-based 18F-FDG PET/CT study

Parameters

Grade 0 (n = 46)

Grade 1 (n = 44)

Grade 2 (n = 62)

Grade 3 (n = 39)

r

P value

Male (%)

89.1

72.7

61.3

46.2

− 0.319

< 0.001*

Age (years)

48.0 ± 7.9

50.7 ± 9.7

49.8 ± 9.2

48.8 ± 9.0

0.107

0.139

BMI (kg/m2)

25.6 ± 3.1

25.3 ± 2.9

24.3 ± 2.7

24.1 ± 2.9

−0.176

0.015*

Current smokers (%)

34.6

24.4

26.9

14.1

−0.222

0.002*

Current drinkers (%)

27.1

31.4

28.6

12.9

−0.161

0.026*

ALT (u/L)

30.5 (19.8, 42.0)

25.5 (21.0, 35.8)

22.0 (18.0, 30.3)

19.0 (14.0, 29.0)

−0.281

< 0.001*

AST (u/L)

20.8 ± 7.0

19.6 ± 6.0

18.8 ± 4.4

18.1 ± 4.6

−0.127

0.080

γ-GT (u/L)

44.0 (27.8, 72.8)

34.0 (23.3, 68.5)

25.0 (18.0, 43.8)

24.0 (15.0, 37.0)

−0.345

< 0.001*

TC (mmol/ L)

5.20 ± 1.36

5.10 ± 0.85

4.84 ± 0.81

5.17 ± 1.09

−0.026

0.719

TG (mmol/ L)

2.78 (1.77, 4.01)

2.53 (1.78, 3.81)

2.11 (1.45, 2.67)

2.03 (1.52, 2.71)

−0.231

0.001*

HDL-C (mmol/ L)

1.05 ± 0.27

1.09 ± 0.20

1.24 ± 0.28

1.27 ± 0.30

0.326

< 0.001*

LDL-C (mmol/ L)

2.60 ± 0.84

2.53 ± 0.54

2.36 ± 0.51

2.55 ± 0.67

−0.042

0.569

TC/HDL-C

5.21 ± 1.79

4.81 ± 1.19

4.09 ± 1.16

4.22 ± 1.24

−0.291

< 0.001*

Lipoprotein(a) (mg/L)

61.5 (37.8, 131.0)

64.0 (49.0, 125.0)

65.5 (44.8, 116.5)

73.0 (37.0, 122.0)

−0.006

0.934

TSH (μIU/ml)

2.02 (1.44, 2.83)

2.03 (1.47, 2.64)

2.16 (1.56, 3.53)

2.16 (1.48, 3.25)

0.093

0.201

Fasting glucose (mmol/ L)

6.28 ± 1.57

5.97 ± 1.16

5.64 ± 1.10

5.45 ± 0.51

−0.219

0.002*

HbA1c(%)

5.85 ± 1.01

5.81 ± 0.98

5.45 ± 0.69

5.45 ± 0.44

−0.173

0.018*

Fasting insulin (mIU/L)

7.90 (5.46, 10.40)

7.40 (4.86, 9.92)

5.70 (4.51, 6.78)

5.20 (4.00, 6.89)

−0.322

< 0.001*

HOMA-IR

2.17 (1.38, 2.88)

1.91 (1.36, 2.47)

1.29 (1.06, 1.63)

1.37 (0.95, 1.60)

−0.365

< 0.001*

NAFLD (%)

54.5

24.2

18.2

3.0

−0.337

< 0.001*

VAT volume (cm3)

1462 (1214, 1833)

1571 (1042, 1900)

1339 (950, 1731)

1084 (766, 1450)

−0.239

0.001*

SAT volume (cm3)

1693 (1354, 2021)

1712 (1396, 2190)

1781 (1516, 2183)

1841 (1490, 2375)

0.116

0.109

  1. BMI: body mass index, ALT: glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, AST: glutamic-oxalacetic transaminease, γ-GT: glutamyl transpeptidase, TC: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride,HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, VAT: visceral adipose tissue, SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue
  2. HOMA-IR = fasting glucose×fasting insulin /22.5
  3. * indicates statistically significant difference.
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