PET indices (n = 24) | CRP (n = 24) | ESR (n = 15) | MMP-3 (n = 18) | ||||
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ρ | P | ρ | P | ρ | P | ||
Untreated SpA | MaxSUVmax | 0.771 | < 0.001 | 0.527 | 0.043 | 0.449 | 0.062 |
Number of positive regions | 0.644 | < 0.001 | 0.514 | 0.050 | 0.499 | 0.035 | |
Total score | 0.684 | < 0.001 | 0.534 | 0.040 | 0.551 | 0.018 |
PET indices (n = 12) | CRP (n = 12) | ESR (n = 6) | MMP-3 (n = 8) | ||||
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ρ | P | ρ | P | ρ | P | ||
Treated SpA | MaxSUVmax | 0.434 | 0.159 | 0.429 | 0.397 | − 0.143 | 0.736 |
Number of positive regions | 0.326 | 0.301 | 0.493 | 0.321 | 0.156 | 0.713 | |
Total score | 0.396 | 0.203 | 0.429 | 0.397 | 0.071 | 0.867 |