Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 5 Correlation matrix for CFM, Abdominal Circumference and ex-vivo Fat Mass for lean and fat rats

From: Visceral fat mass determination in rodent: validation of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and anthropometric techniques in fat and lean rats

	CFM (g)				AC (cm)
	lean n = 15		fat n = 14		lean n = 15		fat n = 14
	Pearson	Sig.	Pearson	Sig.	Pearson	Sig.	Pearson	Sig.
CFM (g)	1,000	0,001	1,000	0,001
AC (cm)	0,506 NS	0,054	0,931**	0,001	1,000	0,001	1,000	0,001
ex-vivo Fat Mass (g)	0,599*	0,018	0,734**	0,003	0,428 NS	0,112	0,583*	0,029

CFM = Central Fat Mass; AC = Abdominal Circumference; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05; NS = not statistically significant; n = 29

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