Personalization of 99mTc-sestamibi activity in SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging with the cardiofocal SmartZoom® collimator

EJNMMI Physics

Table 3 Correlations between patient weight or BMI and myocardial signal

Dependent variable	Independent variable ^a	Sex	a coefficient	b coefficient	Determination coefficient R²	ANOVA p value
Myocardial signal	Patient weight	Women & men	1.4 × 10⁷	− 1.41	0.57	9 × 10^–46
		Women only	1.7 × 10⁷	− 1.45	0.60
		Men only	1.2 × 10⁷	− 1.36	0.50
	Patient BMI	Women & men	3.0 × 10⁶	− 1.39	0.46
		Women only	4.9 × 10⁶	− 1.49	0.58
		Men only	2.4 × 10⁶	− 1.34	0.41

ANOVA, analysis of variance; BMI, body mass index
^aThese correlations were measured in all patients in the 294-patient cohort, or only the women or men