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. 2018 Feb 13;13(2):e0192706. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192706

Table 1. Comparison of vascular and metabolic parameters between the control and treated groups at each time point and comparison of each parameter between time points in each group.

Control (n = 8) P value Treated (n = 10) P value P value
4 Hours 1 Week 4 Hours 1 Week
Ktrans (min-1) time × group: 0.023
 Baseline 0.29 ± 0.13 0.137 0.049 0.28 ± 0.69 <0.001 0.001 0.816
 4 Hours 0.26 ± 0.08 0.062 0.16 ± 0.05 0.081 0.055
 1 Week 0.19 ± 0.06 0.20 ± 0.07 0.903
iAUC (mmol/sec) time × group: <0.001
 Baseline 27.85 ± 10.39 0.853 0.037 26.49 ± 5.82 <0.001 0.024 0.819
 4 Hours 28.31 ± 8.30 0.014 12.95 ± 5.44 <0.001 0.015
 1 Week 18.58 ± 5.22 21.23 ± 7.76 0.555
SUVmax time × group: 0.143
 Baseline 8.72 ± 2.91 NA NA 6.44 ± 2.00 NA NA NA
 4 Hours 6.91 ± 3.01 NA 5.77 ± 1.80 NA NA
 1 Week 8.79 ± 2.70 5.52 ± 2.59 NA
SUVmean time × group: 0.237
 Baseline 5.50 ± 2.02 NA NA 4.00± 1.22 NA NA NA
 4 Hours 4.37 ± 1.91 NA 3.50 ± 1.14 NA NA
 1 Week 5.21 ± 1.59 3.19 ± 1.56 NA
MTV (cm3) time × group: 0.001
 Baseline 3.78 ± 2.01 0.018 <0.001 2.81 ± 1.09 0.038 <0.001 0.374
 4 Hours 4.65 ± 2.00 <0.001 3.66 ± 0.91 0.005 0.345
 1 Week 10.69± 4.02 6.09 ± 2.17 0.035
TLG time × group: <0.001
 Baseline 23.96 ± 21.28 0.627 0.001 10.66 ±3.64 0.341 0.066 0.225
 4 Hours 21.67 ± 13.47 0.001 12.41 ± 4.33 0.126 0.193
 1 Week 60.23 ± 35.20 18.93 ± 12.85 0.035

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation

Ktrans: volume transfer coefficient

iAUC: initial area under the gadolinium concentration-time curve until 60 seconds

SUV: standardized uptake value

MTV: metabolic tumor volume

TLG: total lesion glycolysis