Table 1.
Demographic features of patients with and without activated BAT detected using 18F-FDG PET/CT
| Characteristic | With activated BAT (n = 30) |
Without activated BAT (n = 1710) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | 40.6 ± 2.7 (12-73) | 53.8 ± 0.3 (1-86) | < 0.001* |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.5 ± 0.6 (16.4-32.9) | 24.0 ± 0.1 (13.0-40.6) | < 0.001* |
| Fasting blood sugar (mg/dL) | 83.6 ± 1.8 (56-104) | 91.4 ± 0.4 (52-192) | 0.032* |
| Gender (female:male) | 26:4 | 697:1013 | < 0.001† |
| Outdoor temperature (°C) | 23.0 ± 0.7(16.7-29.6) | 25.3 ± 0.1 (14.2-31.5) | 0.001‡ |
| Cancer: Non-cancer | 21:9 | 1150: 560 | 0.750† |
Data are means ± standard error and (range).
*Student's t-test; †χ2 test; ‡Mann-Whitney U-test.