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Table 6 Comparison between different response groups in lymphoma patients

From: Influence of metabolic tumor burden on reference tissues’ standardized uptake values in 18F-FDG PET/CT sequential imaging

In lymphoma cases (N = 54) % of change in:

MTB

Liver SUVmax

Blood pool SUVmax

Brain SUVmax

Muscle SUVmax

Progression versus regression

Mean difference

2026.826

− 17.256

− 19.491

− 26.786

− 6.852

p value

 < 0.001

0.001

NS

 < 0.001

NS

Progression versus resolution

Mean difference

2033.663

− 10.050

− 10.770

− 34.290

8.882

p value

 < 0.001

NS

NS

0.002

NS

Regression versus resolution

Mean difference

6.837

7.206

8.722

− 7.504

15.734

p value

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS