Novel equation to determine the hepatic triglyceride concentration in humans by MRI: diagnosis and monitoring of NAFLD in obese patients before and after bariatric surgery

Table 3 Summary of the univariate regression models between continuous variables and the measured Folch values

Continuous variables	Constant	Coefficient	r²	Pvalue
Age	122.28	-0.85	0.04	<0.05
Weight	-4.59	0.77	0.18	<0.0001
Height	200.65	-0.74	0.01	N.S.
BMI	-27.24	2.66	0.25	<0.0001
AST	67.79	0.44	0.01	N.S.
ALT	60.33	0.57	0.04	<0.05
GGT	84.74	-0.15	0.01	N.S.
ALP	92.32	-0.21	0.02	N.S.
Triglycerides	63.67	0.09	0.05	<0.05
Cholesterol	27.30	0.25	0.04	<0.05

ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; GGT, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase.

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