Table 2 PDFF-D and PDFF-H means and SDs and steatosis of healthy volunteers (S0) and patients with fibrosis staged 1–4 (S1–4).

From: Application of multi-echo Dixon and MRS in quantifying hepatic fat content and staging liver fibrosis

 

S0

S1

S2

S3

S4

F

P

n

24

15

27

10

11

  

PDFF-D

5.81 ± 9.18

6.99 ± 12.19

4.14 ± 3.57

5.11 ± 4.11

2.98 ± 4.03

3.075

0.545

PDFF-H

6.98 ± 6.76

8.03 ± 11.69

4.56 ± 2.98

7.37 ± 5.96

4.84 ± 6.50

7.018

0.135

Steatosis(n)

7

4

3

4

1

 

0.211

  1. PDFF-D proton density fat fraction of multi-echo Dixon, PDFF-H proton density fat fraction of breath-hold single-voxel high-speed T2-corrected multi-echo 1H MRS.
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