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Table 4 Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) and p values of demographic factors and calculated contrast medium dose

From: Strategies for calculating contrast media dose for chest CT

Strategy

Demographics

Normal

Muscular

Overweight

TBW

Total body weight (kg)

1.00*

1.00*

1.00*

Height (cm)

0.71*

0.77*

0.74*

BMI (kg/m2)

0.84*

0.84*

0.83*

Waist circumference (cm)

0.74*

0.89*

0.81*

BFP (%)

0.06

0.16

-0.01

LBM

Total body weight (kg)

0.95*

0.96*

0.81*

James

Height (cm)

0.83*

0.88*

0.94*

BMI (kg/m2)

0.66*

0.70*

0.40*

Waist circumference (cm)

0.76*

0.88*

0.74*

BFP (%)

-0.19

-0.06

-0.49*

LBM

Total body weight (kg)

0.90*

0.95*

0.88*

Boer

Height (cm)

0.90*

0.91*

0.92*

BMI (kg/m2)

0.54*

0.65*

0.51*

Waist circumference (cm)

0.70*

0.86*

0.78*

BFP (%)

-0.26

-0.09

-0.40*

LBM

Total body weight (kg)

0.91*

0.95*

0.86*

BIA

Height (cm)

0.80*

0.85*

0.86*

BMI (kg/m2)

0.63*

0.71*

0.53*

Waist circumference (cm)

0.69*

0.85*

0.73*

BFP (%)

-0.36*

-0.14

-0.51*

BSA

Total body weight (kg)

0.91*

0.95*

0.86*

Height (cm)

0.80*

0.86*

0.84*

BMI (kg/m2)

0.75*

0.75*

0.73*

Waist circumference (cm)

0.73*

0.88*

0.79*

BFP (%)

-0.02

0.07

-0.10

  1. Bold highlights Pearson correlations between calculated contrast medium dose and demographics found to be statistically significant. BFP Body fat percentage, BIA Bioelectric impedance analyzer, BMI Body mass index, BSA Body surface area, LBM Lean body mass, TBW Total body weight
  2. *Statistical significance between the calculated CM dose and demographic factors (p < 0.05)