Research Article

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

Table 6

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

VolunteersT2DM patients

FBG (mmol/l)5.02 ± 0.709.20 ± 3.19<0.001
HDL (mmol/l)1.09 ± 0.440.99 ± 0.360.490
LDL (mmol/l)2.97 ± 0.992.97 ± 1.080.999
TG (mmol/l)1.49 ± 0.693.75 ± 6.380.299
CHOL (mmol/l)4.35 ± 0.925.06 ± 1.940.296
FF of pancreas head (%)7.77 ± 5.409.69 ± 4.040.227
FF of pancreas neck (%)7.99 ± 3.6711.46 ± 4.220.024
FF of pancreas body (%)8.68 ± 2.2611.26 ± 5.670.169
FF of pancreas tail (%)7.69 ± 2.5011.85 ± 6.190.046
FFWP (%)8.03 ± 2.6611.07 ± 3.890.026
Average diameter of pancreas (cm)1.70 ± 0.331.68 ± 0.300.846
SAT (cm2)137.15 ± 81.38109.23 ± 58.770.234
VAT (cm2)122.73 ± 57.97140.35 ± 62.390.430
TAT (cm2)259.88 ± 111.21249.58 ± 89.670.764