Balancing Image Quality and Iodine Intake: Insights from CT Spectral Imaging of the Portal Vein

26 March 2025 : Clinical Research

Linjie Huang^{ABCDEF 1}, Shengchen Jiang^{CD 1}, Fengqiu Ruan^{C 2}, Liling Long

^{EG 1*}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.947391

Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e947391

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Table 2 Baseline patient characteristics.

	Group A (n=30)	Group B (n=28)	Group C (n=30)	P
Age (year)	53.00±10.29	56.82±10.34	54.53±11.74	0.406
Height (m)	1.64±0.06	1.65±0.08	1.65±0.09	0.727
Weight (kg)	62.43±9.89	61.95±11.03	61.25±17.50^*	0.556
BMI (kg/m)	23.24±3.01	22.66±3.43	23.80±3.82	0.450
Maximum diameter (cm)	5.78±3.14	4.65±5.40^*	5.26±2.73	0.789
AFP^*	78.38±1075.06	105.40±1863.98	37.21±1816.05	0.790
Sex, n(%)				0.464
Male	26 (86.67)	22 (78.57)	27 (90.00)
Female	4 (13.33)	6 (21.43)	3 (10.00)
Tumor location, n (%)				0.563
Right	26 (86.67)	19 (67.86)	23 (76.67)
Left	3 (10.00)	6 (21.43)	5 (16.67)
Right+left	1 (3.33)	3 (10.71)	2 (6.67)
Cirrhosis, n (%)				0.755
Yes	22 (73.33)	21 (75.00)	20 (66.67)
No	8 (26.67)	7 (25.00)	10 (33.33)
Hepatitis virus infection, n (%)				0.972
Yes	24 (80.00)	23 (82.14)	24 (80.00)
No	6 (20.00)	5 (17.86)	6 (20.00)
Except where indicated, data are presented as means±standard deviations (SD). ^* Data are expressed as median±interquartile range. p

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