Table 3.

The SUVs of 18 F-FDG in the stomach in associated with chronic gastritis

	Chr Gastritis(+) N = 60	Chr Gastritis(-) N = 28
SUVmax (mean ± SD)
Fornix	3.86 ± 0.91	3.20 ± 0.92+
Corpus	3.39 ± 1.00*	2.57 ± 0.92*+
Antrum	3.37 ± 1.19**	2.39 ± 0.67*+
Maximum	4.12 ± 0.97	3.42 ± 1.02++
Mean	3.54 ± 0.89	2.72 ± 0.62+
SUVmean (mean ± SD)
Fornix	3.49 ± 0.85	2.88 ± 0.80+++
Corpus	3.02 ± 0.94*	2.25 ± 0.81*+
Antrum	2.88 ± 1.01*	2.06 ± 0.65*+
Maximum	3.69 ± 0.88	3.06 ± 0.90++
Mean	3.13 ± 0.79	2.40 ± 0.55+

Significant difference between each region and fornix at same group (*P < 0.001, **P < 0.01)

Significant difference between Chr Gastritis (+) and Chr Gastritis (-) at same region (+ P < 0.001, ++ P <0.01, +++ P < 0.05)