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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Nucl Med. 2008 Nov 28;22(9):787–793. doi: 10.1007/s12149-008-0177-5

Table 1.

Correlation among SUV, HU, prostate size, and age

Dependent variable (Y) Independent variable (X) Intercept Slope Correlation coefficient P value testing H0 ρ = 0
Mean HU Mean SUV 33.43 2.58 0.18 0.033
Max HU Max SUV 89.87 1.13 0.024 0.77
Max SUV Age 1.77 −0.002 −0.054 0.52
Mean SUV Age 1.46 −0.003 −0.11 0.19
Max HU Age 81.76 0.16 0.12 0.16
Mean HU Age 38.77 −0.032 −0.093 0.26
Max SUV Prostate size 2.16 −0.11 −0.13 0.13
Mean SUV Prostate size 1.79 −0.12 −0.16 0.058
Prostate size Age 3.63 0.010 0.32 <0.001

SUV standardized uptake value, HU Hounsfield Units