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Table 2 This table shows the mean standardized uptake values (SUV) of the liver parenchyma, aortic blood pool, and skeletal muscle with their corresponding tissue-to-blood ratios (TBR), as well as the time corrected liver-to-blood-ratio (LBR) for patients with normal liver parenchyma and patients with different stages of liver fibrosis according to the METAVIR classification

From: In vivo confirmation of altered hepatic glucose metabolism in patients with liver fibrosis/cirrhosis by 18F-FDG PET/CT

 

Mean SUV blood

Mean SUV liver

Mean SUV muscle

TBRLiver

TBRMuscle

LBR

No liver fibrosis

(F0, n = 6)

1.72 ± 0.23

1.76 ± 0.31

0.77 ± 0.20

1.04 ± 0.23

0.44 ± 0.08

1.08 ± 0.23

Mild liver fibrosis

(F1, n = 11)

1.75 ± 0.31

2.31 ± 0.31

0.74 ± 0.25

1.35 ± 0.25

0.42 ± 0.16

1.44 ± 0.27

Advanced liver fibrosis

(F2, n = 6)

1.45 ± 0.46

2.64 ± 0.36

0.58 ± 0.07

1.93 ± 0.40

0.43 ± 0.09

2.00 ± 0.40

Severe liver fibrosis

(F3, n = 5)

1.75 ± 0.33

2.62 ± 0.29

0.72 ± 0.18

1.55 ± 0.23

0.41 ± 0.06

1.53 ± 0.20

Liver cirrhosis

(F4, n = 11)

1.90 ± 0.22

2.49 ± 0.24

0.68 ± 0.10

1.32 ± 0.15

0.36 ± 0.05

1.32 ± 0.14