Table 1. Cardio-metabolic risk factors according to the visual grade of background intestinal ¹⁸F–FDG uptake.

	Low uptake	High uptake	p value
Demographic data
Age (years)	45.2±7.4	48.1±9.8	0.004*
Anthropometric data
Height (cm)	158.6±5.5	156.9±6.1	0.012*
Weight (kg)	56.1±6.9	58.5±9.0	0.012*
Body mass index	22.0±2.6	23.5±3.4	<0.001*
Laboratory data
BST (mg/dl)	100.3±13.5	98.4±9.6	0.149
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	80.5±44.6	104.2±57.5	<0.001*
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	186.0±34.4	193.9±37.4	0.075
HDL (mg/dl)	54.9±14.0	52.4±25.8	0.403
LDL (mg/dl)	109.0±40.0	115.6±34.7	0.189

BST, blood sugar testing; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein

*p<0.05