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Table 3 Parameters of iodine-123-β-methyl-iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid myocardial scintigraphy

From: A prospective randomized study comparing effects of empagliflozin to sitagliptin on cardiac fat accumulation, cardiac function, and cardiac metabolism in patients with early-stage type 2 diabetes: the ASSET study

  Empagliflozin Sitagliptin p value
SRS
 Baseline 0.43 ± 0.68 0.80 ± 1.82 0.388
 12 weeks 0.19 ± 0.40 0.43 ± 1.54 0.496
 Change −0.24 ± 0.89 −0.35 ± 0.67 0.653
 Intragroup p value 0.234 0.031*  
Washout rate (%)
 Baseline 11.6 ± 3.9 11.3 ± 4.9 0.858
 12 weeks 10.7 ± 3.7 12.1 ± 4.1 0.238
 Change −0.9 ± 4.3 0.7 ± 3.7 0.200
 Intragroup p Value 0.354 0.379  
Early H/M ratio
 Baseline 2.65 ± 0.36 2.57 ± 0.31 0.496
 12 weeks 2.58 ± 0.39 2.56 ± 0.36 0.879
 Change −0.07 ± 0.24 −0.01 ± 0.23 0.460
 Intragroup p value 0.206 0.806  
Delay H/M ratio
 Baseline 2.36 ± 0.33 2.32 ± 0.34 0.725
 12 weeks 2.34 ± 0.30 2.32 ± 0.41 0.867
 Change −0.02 ± 0.22 −0.01 ± 0.19 0.811
 Intragroup p value 0.657 0.890  
  1. Data are presented as the mean ± SD (n = 21 for both groups). p values < 0.05 indicate significant differences. Comparisons were performed by one-sample t-test in each group, and two-sample t-tests between groups. SRS: summed rest score, H/M: heart-to-mediastinal ratio. *p < 0.05