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Table 2 Summary of SUV measurements in the DC and BM groups

From: Skeletal standardized uptake values obtained by quantitative SPECT/CT as an osteoblastic biomarker for the discrimination of active bone metastasis in prostate cancer

  

Total

DC

BM

 
 

n

mean

sd

n

mean

sd

n

mean

sd

p

T

100

  

75

  

25

   
 

SUVmax

 

7.58

2.42

 

7.52

2.63

 

7.76

1.69

0.242

SUVpeak

 

6.51

2.12

 

6.49

2.30

 

6.59

1.48

0.399

SUVave

 

4.62

1.68

 

4.61

1.86

 

4.67

0.93

0.292

L

 

140

  

101

  

39

   
 

SUVmax

 

8.12

2.24

 

7.95

2.37

 

8.56

1.80

0.020*

SUVpeak

 

6.68

1.93

 

6.57

2.01

 

6.97

1.72

0.083

SUVave

 

4.54

1.38

 

4.46

1.47

 

4.76

1.06

0.017*

Lesions

 

240

  

114

  

126

   
 

SUVmax

 

29.42

27.45

 

16.73

6.74

 

40.90

33.46

<0.001***

 

SUVpeak

 

24.50

24.14

 

13.74

4.52

 

34.24

29.91

<0.001***

 

SUVave

 

17.41

17.30

 

9.47

3.94

 

24.59

21.19

<0.001***

 

MV

 

23.99

26.16

 

26.27

26.21

 

21.92

26.04

0.009**

  1. n number, sd standard deviation, T thoracic vertebral body, L lumbar vertebral body, BM bone metastases, DC degenerative changes, ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05