TABLE 5

Effect of the Intervention

ParameterInterventionControlP
Change in STAI
 Mean−2.39−1.020.04†
 SD3.883.45
18F-FDG uptake in muscles*
 Present1290.63‡
 Absent3940
18F-FDG uptake in BAT*
 Present3120.01‡
 Absent4837

  • ↵* Values in cells for 18F-FDG uptake (in muscles and BAT) represent numbers of patients.

  • ↵† Independent-samples t test.

  • ↵‡ Fisher exact test.

  • Data of 1 patient were not evaluable (i.e., n = 100 instead of n = 101).