Table 2 Abdominal adipose tissue volumes, liver fat, and fat unsaturation in the VLBW and term-born sibling control groups.

From: Abdominal adipose tissue and liver fat imaging in very low birth weight adults born preterm: birth cohort with sibling-controls

 

VLBW subjects

Term siblings

p value

Mean (GSD)

Mean (GSD)

Adipose tissue volume (ml)

Total adipose tissue

3719 (1.72)

3801 (1.63)

0.54

Subcutaneous adipose tissue

3002 (1.73)

3100 (1.61)

0.48

Visceral adipose tissue

656 (1.95)

644 (1.95)

0.79

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (%)

Hepatic triglyceride content

1.37 (3.00)

1.33 (2.87)

0.94

Subcutaneous adipose tissue unsaturation

9.75 (1.02)

10.09 (1.02)

0.20

Bone marrow unsaturation

12.30 (1.01)

12.29 (1.01)

0.91

  1. VLBW: very low birth weight (< 1500 g).
  2. Numbers represent geometric means and standard deviations. p values for differences between VLBW subjects and controls calculated with paired samples t-tests. Abdominal adipose tissue pool volumes are presented in millilitres, hepatic triglyceride content is presented as the ratio between the sum of T2- and PD-corrected methylene and water resonances in the liver, and subcutaneous and bone marrow unsaturation are presented as the ratio between the double bond and methylene resonances in subcutaneous adipose tissue and proximal tibial bone marrow, respectively.
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