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Table 4.

Summary of correlations between FDG SUV and functional outcomes. Significant correlations between the 12 month PET and outcome. The negative values again show higher SUV levels are associated with lower quality of life scores and functional outcome at 12 monhts

	Quality of Life
Maximum SUV	Diet	Eating	Speech	Aesthetic	Social function
Level of supraglottic larynx	−0.64^*	−0.57^†	n.s.	−0.62^*	−0.44^†
Level of glottic larynx	−0.70^*	−0.73^*	−0.57^*	−0.53^†	−0.45^†

Significant at p < 0.05;

^†

Significant at p < 0.01; n.s. = not significant