Fig. 3
The distribution of the 72 subjects in this study with respect to metabolic abnormalities. Thirty-one subjects had no identifiable metabolic abnormalities (“Normal Metabolism”), while 41 had early abnormalities, prediabetes and/or clinically-defined metabolic syndrome (MetS). Twenty-five of the 41 met the ADA criteria for prediabetes, and 10 of those 25 also met the harmonized clinical criteria for MetS [4]. The remaining 16 subjects with “Early Abnormalities” were identified by low water T2 values in the absence of prediabetes. Only three of those 16 met the clinical criteria for MetS. Thus, water T2 uniquely identified 13 individuals with abnormalities consistent with early metabolic syndrome