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Table 4 Comparison of 18-h fasting with heparin loading plus 12-h fasting in healthy subjects

From: Long fasting is effective in inhibiting physiological myocardial ¹⁸F-FDG uptake and for evaluating active lesions of cardiac sarcoidosis

	HEP		LF		p value
	N	Average ± SD	N	Average ± SD	p value
Age (year)	18	47.11 ± 12.53	19	53.47 ± 11.34	0.11
Gender	18	M/F = 10:8	19	M/F = 12:7	0.64
FBG	18	99.11 ± 7.84	19	85.11 ± 10.97	<0.0001***
FFA	18	0.64 ± 0.27	19	0.64 ± 0.24	0.94
BMI	18	21.86 ± 1.88	19	24.94 ± 3.28	0.019*
Phy U	18	3.17 ± 1.16	19	1.68 ± 1.06	<0.0001***
SUV_max	18	6.21 ± 3.64	19	4.17 ± 4.31	0.13

HEP, heparin loading plus 12-h fasting; LF; 16-h or more fasting; FBG, fasting blood glucose (mg/dL); FFA, plasma free fatty acids (mEq/L); BMI, body mass index; Phy U, physiological uptake grades 1 to 4; *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001.

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