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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Dec;37(12):1139–1145. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182638934

TABLE 2.

Characteristics of the Study Cohort

Demographic DVT
Subjects		 Control
Subjects		 Statistical
Difference
Age, mean (SD), y 55.8 (15.7) 52.2 (13.7) NS
Male, n (%)      7 (58.3)    16 (66.6) NS
White, n (%)    12 (100)    23 (95.8) NS
Weight, mean (SD), kg 93.3 (31.1) 85.8 (14.4) NS
BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2 30.8 (12.1) 27.6 (4.1) NS
Fasting glucose, mean (SD), mg/dL 94.6 (9.6) 95.8 (9.2) NS
Type of index VTE, n (%)
  DVT without PE*      9 (75)     — —
  DVT with PE*      3 (25)     — —
Medical comorbidities, n (%)
  Diabetes mellitus      1 (8.3)       1 (4.1) NS
  Cardiovascular disease      0 (0)       0 (0) NS
*

These were exclusion criteria for the control subjects.

BMI indicates body mass index; NS, not significant; PE, pulmonary embolism.