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Table 2 Mean SUVmean (±SD) of various normal organs/tissues in clinical patients at FDG PET examination

From: The relation between the blood glucose level and the FDG uptake of tissues at normal PET examinations

 

Liver

Spleen

Lungs

Blood

Muscles

Bone marrow

Increased B-glucose

2.5 (0.45)

1.8 (0.38)

0.4 (0.13)

1.6 (0.39)

0.9 (0.21)

1.5 (0.37)

Significance (p)

ns

ns

ns

ns

0.001 ≤ p < 0.01

ns

Normal B-glucose

2.4 (0.37)

1.7 (0.28)

0.4 (0.12)

1.6 (0.29)

0.8 (0.18)

1.4 (0.30)

  1. Sixty-two patients with increased blood glucose concentrations (≥7.0 mmol/l) were compared with 62 patients matched with regard to age and gender, with normal blood glucose (≤6.0 mmol/l) levels. ns, not significant.
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