aDepartment of Radiology, UT Health San Antonio

bDepartment of Pathology, Methodist Hospital

cDepartment of Pathology, UT Health San Antonio

dDepartment of Population Health Sciences, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Correspondence to William T. Phillips, Department of Radiology, UT Health, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. Tel: +1 210 260 9128; fax: +1 210 493 7857; e-mail: [email protected]

Abbreviations: 99mTc, technetium-99m, a metastable nuclear isomer; BMI, body mass index; Fig., figure; GHET, gastric half-emptying time; GLP-1, Glucagon-like peptide-1; kcal, kilocalorie; keV, kilo-electron-volt; NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; P-value, probability value; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error; SHR, spontaneously hypertensive rats; vs., versus; WKY, Wistar Kyoto rats

Received 13 July, 2023

Revised 24 October, 2023

Accepted 28 November, 2023

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