Table 2

Correlation of CMR-LGE and Myocardial Fibrosis (Histopathology)

	Spearman Correlation	95% CI	p value
2 SD: replacement fibrosis	0.08	−0.30 to 0.43	0.7
2 SD: interstitial fibrosis	0.69	0.43 to 0.84	0.0001
2 SD: total fibrosis	0.62	0.33 to 0.80	0.0003
4 SD: replacement fibrosis	0.20	−0.18 to 0.53	0.31
SD: interstitial fibrosis	0.71	0.49 to 0.86	<0.0001
4 SD: total fibrosis	0.73	0.50 to 0.87	<0.0001
5 SD: replacement fibrosis	0.32	−0.05 to 0.61	0.09
5 SD: interstitial fibrosis	0.74	0.54 to 0.87	<0.0001
5 SD: total fibrosis	0.78	0.58 to 0.89	<0.0001
6 SD: replacement fibrosis	0.33	−0.04 to 0.62	0.07
6 SD: interstitial fibrosis	0.65	0.40 to 0.83	<0.0001
6 SD: total fibrosis	0.69	0.44 to 0.85	<0.0001
10 SD: replacement fibrosis	0.42	0.06 to 0.68	0.02
10 SD: interstitial fibrosis	0.64	0.40 to 0.82	0.0002
10 SD: total fibrosis	0.69	0.45 to 0.86	<0.0001
FWHM: replacement fibrosis	0.25	−0.13 to 0.57	0.25
FWHM: interstitial fibrosis	0.65	0.37 to 0.82	0.0001
FWHM: total fibrosis	0.65	0.38 to 0.82	0.0001

CI = confidence interval; other abbreviations as in Table 1.