Visceral and subcutaneous fat, muscle mass, and liver volume as noninvasive predictors of the progress of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 6 Visceral, subcutaneous fat, liver volume, psoas muscle mass, and liver volume based on liver enzymes

Variable	AST	ALT
Total fat volume (cm³)	0.22 (0.02)*	0.43 (0.01)*
Visceral fat volume (cm³)	0.13 (0.09)	0.13 (0.29)
Subcutaneous fat volume (cm³)	0.19 (0.12)	0.17 (0.08)
Visceral-to-subcutaneous fat rate (%)	0.15 (0.11)	0.14 (0.09)
Fat rate in the body (%)	0.21 (0.33)	0.10 (0.53)
Visceral fat volume rate (%)	0.78 (< 0.001)*	0.76 (< 0.001)*
Psoas muscle volume (cm³)	0.81 (< 0.001)*	0.49 (< 0.001)*
Psoas muscle ratio (cm³/cm)	0.84 (< 0.001)*	0.51 (< 0.001)*
Liver volume (cm³)	0.28 (0.04)*	0.36 (< 0.001)*