The effect of selective internal radiation therapy with yttrium-90 resin microspheres on lung carbon monoxide diffusion capacity

EJNMMI Research

Table 2 Changes in lung carbon monoxide diffusion capacity after treatments

	First treatment (n = 40)	Second treatment (n = 11)
DLCO, mmol/(min/kPa), (pre-treatment)	83.1 ± 20.9	88.6 ± 23.2
DLCO mmol/(min/kPa), (post-treatment)	82.8 ± 19.4	87.4 ± 19.7
% change in DLCO	− 2.2 ± 22.2	− 1.0 ± 20.5
P for difference	0.921	0.256
Impaired DLCO, n (%) (pre-treatment)	18 (45.0%)	3 (27.3%)
Impaired DLCO, n (%) (post-treatment)	15 (37.5%)	3 (27.3%)
P for difference	0.581	1.000