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. 2020 Nov 25;99(48):e23259. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000023259

Table 4.

Comparison between patients grouped according to smoking history.

Smoking
Yes No
Change in parameters Mean ± SD Mean ± SD t P
Weight (kg) 2.97 ± 12.93 4.27 ± 7.17 −0.462 .646
BMI (kg/m2) 1.21 ± 4.65 1.62 ± 2.73 −0.398 .692
FBS (mmol/L) −0.51 ± 2.28 −0.35 ± 1.83 −0.263 .794
Administered FDG (mCi) 0.33 ± 1.93 0.25 ± 1.36 0.185 .854
Ascending aorta
 SUVmax 0.08 ± 0.79 −0.06 ± 0.94 0.482 .632
 TBR 0.08 ± 0.79 −0.06 ± 0.94 0.180 .858
Carotid artery
 SUVmax −0.19 ± 0.81 0.07 ± 0.82 −1.065 .292
 TBR −0.21 ± 0.57 0.09 ± 0.49 −1.951 .057
Abdominal aorta
 SUVmax −0.10 ± 0.88 −0.18 ± 0.85 0.302 .764
 TBR −0.22 ± O.62 −0.08 ± 0.63 −0.684 .497
Femoral artery
 SUVmax 0.13 ± 0.49 −0.02 ± 0.58 0.850 .399
 TBR 0.16 ± 0.72 0.07 ± 0.40 0.534 .596