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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 7.

Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2013 Jan 29;54(4):10.2967/jnumed.112.111336. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.112.111336

TABLE 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Subjects in High-BAT and Low-BAT Groups

	All subjects			Women only
Parameter	High BAT (n = 9)	Low BAT (n = 16)	P	High BAT (n = 8)	Low BAT (n = 7)	P
Age (y)	29.6 ± 5.5	31.4 ± 9.7	NS	28.8 ± 5.2	29.9 ± 7.6	NS
LBM (kg)	46.5 ± 7.1	54.1 ± 11.0	0.04	45.0 ± 3.3	43.9 ± 5.3	NS
BMI (kg/m²)	22.1 ± 3.1	24.7 ± 3.9	NS	21.3 ± 2.4	22.7 ± 4.5	NS
BSA (m²)	1.73 ± 0.17	1.89 ± 0.25	NS	1.70 ± 0.14	1.69 ± 0.14	NS
BAT mass (g)	59.1 ± 17.5	2.2 ± 3.6	0.01^*	56.6 ± 17.0	1.7 ± 4.3	0.01^*
Maximal SUV	10.7 ± 3.9	2.1 ± 0.9	0.01	10.7 ± 3.9	1.8 ± 0.6	0.01
RQ	0.83 ± 0.06	0.91 ± 0.10	0.08	0.84 ± 0.06	0.88 ± 0.04	NS
ΔRQ (%)	0.2 ± 8.8	–3.53 ± 9.2	NS	–0.9 ± 8.7	–0.03 ± 11.5	NS
DEE (kcal/d)	1,452 ± 242	1,676 ± 480	NS	1,458 ± 258	1,256 ± 209	NS
ΔDEE (%)	17.4 ± 15.0	0.4 ± 15.6	0.04	18.0 ± 16.1	13.6 ± 11.3	NS

^*

Nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test.

NS = not significant at the 0.05 level; LBM = lean body mass; BMI = body mass index; BSA = body surface area; RQ = respiratory quotient.