Myocardial tissue and metabolism characterization in men with alcohol consumption by cardiovascular magnetic resonance and 11C-acetate PET/CT

Table 2 Comparison between subjects with and without alcohol consumption

	Mean ± SD or n (%)				P^a	P^b	P^c	P^d
	Subjects with alcohol consumption			Healthy controls (n = 35)
	All (n = 34)	Heavy consumption (n = 19)	Moderate consumption (n = 15)	Healthy controls (n = 35)
CMR measurements
Native T1, ms	1133 ± 65	1130 ± 73	1136± 55	1186 ± 31	< 0.001	0.004	0.004	0.791
Post T1, ms	477 ± 42	464 ± 45	494 ± 32	501 ± 38	0.013	0.002	0.491	0.036
ECV, %	28.2 ± 2.2	28.9 ± 2.3	27.3 ± 1.9	26.9 ± 1.3	0.004	0.001	0.377	0.034
PET measurements
Kmono, min⁻¹ × 10⁻³	57.6 ± 12.1	52.9 ± 12.1	63.7 ± 9.2	63.0 ± 11.7\|\|	0.189	0.028	0.861	0.007
K1, min⁻¹	0.82 ± 0.13	0.80 ± 0.11	0.84 ± 0.16	0.83 ± 0.15\|\|	0.833	0.589	0.865	0.444

ECV extracellular volume fraction. ^aComparison between subjects with moderate to heavy alcohol consumption and healthy controls. ^bComparison between subjects with heavy alcohol consumption and healthy controls. ^cComparison between subjects with moderate alcohol consumption and healthy controls. ^dComparison between subjects with heavy and moderate alcohol consumption. ||The measurements were taken from 12 healthy controls

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