Key Parameters Comparing Control and Experimental Groups
| 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.