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Table 2 Patients characteristics

From: Optimization of contrast medium volume for abdominal CT in oncologic patients: prospective comparison between fixed and lean body weight-adapted dosing protocols

Parameter

Fixed dose protocol (n = 50)

LBW protocol (n = 50)

p value

Gender

   

 Male

24 (48%)

23 (46%)

0.842

 Female

26 (52%)

27 (54%)

 

Age, years

63.76 ± 13.21 (38–92)

67.80 ± 11.91 (42–89)

0.111

Height, m

1.68 ± 0.10 (1.53–1.98)

1.65 ± 0.09 (1.48–1.83)

0.311

Weight, kg

73.70 ± 13.67 (45–103)

74.08 ± 15.61 (50–120)

0.897

BMI, kg/m2

25.98 ± 4.03 (17.58–36.21)

27.05 ± 5.26 (16.98–44.08)

0.256

LBW, kg

53.02 ± 9.94 (36.44–76.46)

51.73 ± 8.83 (37.90–71.78)

0.649

Contrast media

   

 Dose, gI

42.00 ± 0.00 (42.00–42.00)

36.21 ± 6.18 (26.53–50.24)

< 0.001

 Volume, mL

120.00 ± 0.00 (120–120)

103.47 ± 17.65 (76–144)

< 0.001

Primary cancer

   

 Gastrointestinal

22 (44%)

19 (38%)

0.833

 Hepatobiliary

6 (12%)

8 (16%)

 

 Genitourinary

11 (22%)

12 (24%)

 

 Prostate

7 (14%)

9 (18%)

 

 Other

4 (8%)

2 (4%)

 
  1. Data are numbers with percentages or means ± standard deviations, with ranges in parentheses
  2. BMI body mass index, LBW lean body weight