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Table 2 Ingested contrast volume in relation to patient characteristics in the three study arms

From: A novel food-based negative oral contrast agent compared with two conventional oral contrast agents in abdominal CT: a three-arm parallel blinded randomised controlled single-centre trial

Group

 

Body mass index

Oral contrast agent (mL)

Oral contrast agent/body mass index

Lumentin 44 (L44)

(n = 17)

Mean ± SD

29.9 ± 5.9

997.5 ± 43.7

34.4 ± 6.0

Omnipaque

(n = 12)

Mean ± SD

25.4 ± 3.6

1,061 ± 34.6

42.4 ± 5.5

MoviPrep

± n = 14)

Mean ± SD

25.2 ± 3.5

988.64 ± 150.8

39.6 ± 6.2

p-valuesa

L44 versus Omnipaque

0.021

< 0.001

0.002

L44 versus Moviprep

0.012

0.474

0.017

  1. SD Standard deviation
  2. aWilcoxon rank sum test (2-sided)