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. 2021 Apr;12(2):496–506. doi: 10.21037/jgo-21-160

Table 2. Comparison of the dosimetric parameters for the duodenum, stomach, and intestine in groups A and D vs. the reference standards with different numbers of fractions. A sample t-test was used to analyze the statistical difference.

Variable Duodenum (N=10) Stomach (N=12) Intestine (N=14)
D1 D3 D5 D10 D1 D3 D5 D10 D1 D3 D5 D10
A BED 51.205 44.346 40.307 34.005 51.230 45.742 42.979 37.927 51.683 46.391 43.244 38.785
P 0.036* 0.058 0.079 0.164 0.088 0.165 0.214 0.320 0.055 0.051 0.074 0.087
D BED 51.765 44.221 40.455 34.272 52.655 47.318 44.347 39.257 52.035 46.829 43.911 39.358
P 0.037* 0.055 0.076 0.164 0.034* 0.074 0.118 0.225 0.029* 0.057 0.084 0.135

*, P value <0.05. Only the fractions in which significant differences started to appear are presented here. The complete data set for all tested numbers of fractions can be seen in Table S1. Italic values indicate statistic difference.