Research Article

The Correlation between Type 2 Diabetes and Fat Fraction in Liver and Pancreas: A Study using MR Dixon Technique

Table 5

Comparison between T2DM patients and volunteers with normal liver fat content.

VolunteersT2DM patients

FBG (mmol/l)5.12 ± 0.688.55 ± 3.48<0.001
HDL (mmol/l)1.54 ± 0.831.23 ± 0.430.049
LDL (mmol/l)2.86 ± 0.912.90 ± 0.910.859
TG (mmol/l)1.25 ± 0.661.36 ± 0.770.549
CHOL (mmol/l)4.53 ± 1.004.48 ± 0.980.844
FF of pancreas head (%)6.36 ± 3.617.83 ± 4.110.120
FF of pancreas neck (%)7.49 ± 3.058.35 ± 4.530.373
FF of pancreas body (%)7.30 ± 3.198.08 ± 3.400.327
FF of pancreas tail (%)7.41 ± 2.289.83 ± 5.290.009
FFWP (%)7.14 ± 2.388.52 ± 3.000.040
Average diameter of pancreas (cm)1.64 ± 0.301.64 ± 0.310.906
SAT (cm2)93.35 ± 45.3091.63 ± 44.930.874
VAT (cm2)65.62 ± 48.22100.58 ± 63.650.014
TAT (cm2)158.97 ± 82.63192.21 ± 81.090.093