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Figures
- FIGURE 1.
Typical myocardial perfusion rest study showing prominent cardiac activity and minimal gastric activity (left), compared with marked gastric activity when uptake phase coincided with hamburger preparation (right).
- FIGURE 2.
One-way analysis of mean stomach counts per pixel against sex.
- FIGURE 3.
One-way analysis of mean background-corrected stomach counts per pixel against sex.
Tables
Parameter Control Experiment P Number of patients 20 20 Sex 66.7% female 33.3% female 0.06 Age 60.2 (53.8 to 66.6) 62.3 (55.8 to 68.7) 0.65 Background counts per pixel 28.4 (24.0 to 32.9) 28.8 (24.3 to 33.3) 0.91 Heart counts per pixel 107.5 (83.0 to 132.0) 103.0 (78.5 to 127.5) 0.79 Stomach counts per pixel 111.0 (75.3 to 146.8) 99.5 (63.7 to 135.3) 0.65 Heart, background-corrected 79.1 (58.2 to 100.0) 74.2 (53.2 to 95.1) 0.74 Stomach, background-corrected 82.6 (48.9 to 116.3) 70.7 (37.0 to 104.4) 0.62 Heart-to-stomach ratio 1.23 (−2.53 to 5.00) −1.54 (−5.31 to 2.23) 0.30 Data are mean followed by 95% CI in parentheses, unless indicated otherwise.
Parameter Women Men P Age 59.9 (53.3 to 66.7) 62.3 (56.2 to 68.4) 0.61 Background counts per pixel 29.6 (24.9 to 34.2) 27.9 (23.6 to 32.1) 0.59 Heart counts per pixel 110.2 (84.5 to 136.0) 101.2 (77.9 to 124.4) 0.60 Stomach counts per pixel 136.2 (100.9 to 171.4) 80.0 (48.1 to 111.9) 0.0218 Heart, background-corrected 80.7 (58.7 to 102.7) 73.3 (53.4 to 93.2) 0.62 Stomach, background-corrected 106.6 (73.6 to 139.6) 52.1 (22.3 to 82.0) 0.0179 Heart-to-stomach ratio 0.86 (−3.13 to 4.87) −0.99 (−4.61 to 2.63) 0.49 Data are mean followed by 95% CI in parentheses.
