TABLE 2

Characteristics of the 2 Cohort Groups

Breast cancer patientsMean age (y)Mean BMIMean visual score of 18F-FDG uptake in BAT
Treated according to previous protocol54260.16
Treated according to new protocol*55260.04
P0.76†0.60†0.18‡

  • ↵* Oral administration of 10 mg of diazepam 1 h before image acquisition.

  • ↵† Independent-sample t test.

  • ↵‡ Fisher exact test.