Table 2.

SUV_mean and SUV_max for all bone locations for each of the different groups studied (n = 25)

Location	SUV	Group			p value
		1 (n = 9), HCI	2 (n = 7), family non-HCI	3 (n = 9), control	ANOVA	Kruskal-Wallis
Total uptake	Mean	1.74 ± 0.55	1.49 ± 0.21	1.44 ± 0.55	0.412	0.427
Frontal bone	Mean	4.51 ± 1.65	3.17 ± 0.87	3.23 ± 0.94	0.060	0.140
	max	5.22 ± 1.87	3.78 ± 1.07	3.87 ± 1.13	0.090	0.136
Clivus	Mean	6.17 ± 1.38a, b	5.70 ± 1.36	4.18 ± 1.12a, b	0.010	0.016
	max	7.00 ± 1.61a, b	6.43 ± 1.70	4.70 ± 1.22a, b	0.011	0.023
Petrous bone	max	4.47 ± 1.56a	3.93 ± 1.31	3.82 ± 0.96	0.534	0.542
	Mean	5.36 ± 1.61	4.67 ± 1.64	4.52 ± 1.19	0.461	0.488
Sphenoid bone	Mean	6.58 ± 1.62a, c	5.66 ± 1.21b	4.30 ± 0.93a, b, c	0.004	0.007
	max	7.48 ± 1.88a, c	6.36 ± 1.29b	4.82 ± 0.97a, b, c	0.003	0.006
Third cervical vertebra	Mean	7.28 ± 1.71	8.18 ± 2.22	8.09 ± 3.05	0.701	0.859
	max	8.17 ± 1.93	9.12 ± 2.36	9.16 ± 3.54	0.693	0.873

^aSignificantly different, p ≤ 0.01 (Bonferroni t test)

^b, ^cSignificantly different, p ≤ 0.01 (Mann-Whitney)