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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics of total population and the groups of patients with and without application of Buscopan

From: The effect of butylscopolamine on [18F]FDG uptake in the gastrointestinal tract is negligible and regionally variable

  

Total

(n = 458)

Buscopan group (n = 218)

No-Buscopan group

(n = 240)

p value

Sex

(number)

Females

159

(35%)

74

(34%)

85

(35%)

0.74

Males

299

(65%)

144

(66%)

155

(65%)

Age

(years)

Mean

66.7

66.4

67.0

0.42

Standard deviation

10.2

9.9

10.5

Range

26–89

29–87

26–89

BMI

(kg/m2)

Mean

26.0

26.0

25.9

0.68

Standard deviation

5.4

5.4

5.5

Range

15.3–54.5

15.3–48.5

15.8–54.5

Blood sugar

(mmol/l)

Mean

6.0

5.9

6.1

0.09

Standard deviation

1.4

1.4

1.5

Range

3.6–13.0

3.7–13.0

3.6–12.9

  1. Comparison of groups were accomplished by Chi-squared test for sex and two-sample t-test for age, BMI and blood sugar