Correlations between fat compartments and aerobic fitness in cross-sectional analyses in all subjects
SCAT | VAT | Liver fat | VO2,max | |||||
r | p Value | r | p Value | r | p Value | r | p Value | |
TAT | 0.96 | <0.0001 | 0.42 | <0.0001 | 0.27 | 0.0004 | −0.66 | <0.0001 |
SCAT | 0.40 | <0.0001 | 0.29 | 0.0001 | −0.63 | <0.0001 | ||
VAT | 0.61 | <0.0001 | −0.20 | 0.01 | ||||
Liver fat | −0.22 | 0.005 |
SCAT, TAT and VAT were measured by magnetic resonance (MR) tomography and liver fat by 1HMR spectroscopy.
SCAT, subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue; TAT, total adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.