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Table II.

Multiple comparisons of each group coupled combination for reduction-%LMR, HH15 and LHL15.

	SPIO-MRI	Tc-99m-GSA scintigraphy
Group according to hepatic function reserve	Reduction-%LMR	HH15	LHL15
CH (n=16)	−62.1 (−67.7, −58.6)^a	0.51 (0.59, 0.43)^a	0.92 (0.94, 0.88)^a
Class A (n=11)	−57.7 (−62.0, −54.7)^a	0.58 (0.63, 0.51)^b	0.88 (−0.91, 0.84)^b
Class B (n=16)	−41.5 (−53.2, −36.1)^a	0.75 (0.78, 0.61)^a,b	0.78 (0.84, 0.75)^a,b
Class C (n=3)	−33.7 (−39.9, −25.0)^a	0.85 (0.85, 0.84)^a,b	0.62 (0.65, 0.49)^a,b

CH, patients with chronic hepatitis; Class A, Child-Pugh score 5 or 6; Class B, Child-Pugh score 7 to 9; Class C, Child-Pugh score 10 to 15. Values are the medians of reduction percentages of liver-to-muscle signal intensity ratio (reduction-%LMR), the index of blood clearance (HH15) and the receptor index (LHL15). Values in parentheses are the 25th and 75th percentile of interquartile ranges. P-values are corrected by Bonferroni method after calculating by using the Mann-Whitney U test;

P<0.001,

P<0.05.