Table 2.

¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake Rates for the Control and Endotoxin Groups in Ventral, Middle, and Dorsal Lung Regions, and in the Whole Lung

	Ventral		Middle		Dorsal		Whole lung
	Control	Endotoxin	Control	Endotoxin	Control	Endotoxin	Control	Endotoxin
Ki, 10−3/min	4.1 ± 0.4	6.0 ± 2.3	3.7 ± 0.6	7.6 ± 3.7*	6.5 ± 1.6	16.2 ± 7.5*	4.7 ± 0.7	10.2 ± 4.4*
Kis, 10minus;2/min	1.4 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.7	1.4 ± 0.2	2.9 ± 1.6*	1.4 ± 0.2	3.1 ± 1.1*	1.6 ± 0.2	3.4 ± 1.5*

Variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.

^*P < 0.05 vs control group.

K_{i =} net ¹⁸F-FDG uptake rate; K_{is =} specific net ¹⁸F-FDG uptake rate.