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Table 6 Determinants of carotid TBRmean and TBRmax

From: Subclinical vascular inflammation in subjects with normal weight obesity and its association with body Fat: an 18 F-FDG-PET/CT study

 

TBRmean

TBRmax

Regression coefficient

SE

p-value

Regression coefficient

SE

p-value

Age

0.003

0.002

0.088

0.003

0.002

0.124

BMI

0.014

0.014

0.339

−0.018

0.019

0.351

FPG

0.001

0.001

0.421

0.002

0.002

0.279

Body fat

0.020

0.007

0.008

0.028

0.010

0.005

  1. TBRmean/max, mean/maximum target-to-background ratio; SE, standard error; BMI, body mass index; FPG, fasting plasma glucose. Data are presented as the regression coefficient and standard error. p < 0.05 was regarded as statistically significant.