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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 Jan 17;208(4):849–853. doi: 10.2214/AJR.16.17133

TABLE 2.

Metabolic Parameter Values for Lymphoma Versus Renal Cell Carcinomas (RCCs)

Lymphoma Values RCC Values
Variable Median Range Median Range p
SUVmax of tumor (g/mL) 10.99 5.98–26.39 2.91 1.78–5.26 < 0.001
SUVmean of tumor (g/mL) 7.10 4.68–16.66 2.01 1.33–3.39 < 0.001
SUVmean ratio (g/mL)
 Tumor to normal kidney cortex 3.97 1.97–8.95 1.19 0.68–2.26 < 0.001
 Tumor to normal liver 4.01 1.54–8.48 0.85 0.58–1.32 < 0.001
SUVmax ratio (g/mL)
 Tumor to normal kidney cortex 6.05 2.46–14.24 1.71 0.7–2.92 < 0.001
 Tumor to normal liver 5.13 1.34–11.27 0.93 0.63–1.57 < 0.001
Mass size (mm) 46 12–150 35 11–93 0.948

Note—Boldface type denotes statistically significant value. SUVmax, maximum standardized uptake value; SUVmean, mean standardized uptake value.