Table 4.

Uncorrected and corrected uptake indices values depending on the localization of the neuroendocrine tumour.

Neuroendocrine Tumours(localization)	I Uncorrected	I Corrected
	I1 = ROI TU/ROI Liver(Mean ± Standard Deviation)
	I1	I1c	p‒Value §
Thyroid	0.43 ± 0.32	0.66 ± 0.37	<0.001 *
Lung	0.67 ± 0.43	0.95 ± 0.42	0.0008 *
Pheochromocytoma	1.48 ± 0.65	1.66 ± 0.08	0.3483
Pancreas	1.27 ± 1.03	1.48 ± 0.79	0.0069 *
Gastrointestinal	1.12 ± 0.74	1.19 ± 0.67	0.0944
Other locations	0.47 ± 0.27	0.52 ± 0.37	0.2193
	I1 = ROI TU/ROI spleen(mean ± standard deviation)
	I2	I2c
Thyroid	0.49 ± 0.31	0.56 ± 0.39	0.4799
Lung	0.53 ± 0.24	0.87 ± 0.41	0.0002 *
Pheochromocytoma	2.48 ± 1.08	3.57 ± 1.96	0.2205
Pancreas	1.67 ± 0.93	1.85 ± 0.92	0.0161 *
Gastrointestinal	1.32 ± 0.72	1.41 ± 0.34	0.6251
Other locations	0.57 ± 0.27	0.64 ± 0.29	0.1027
	I1 = ROI TU/ROI lung(mean ± standard deviation)
	I3	I3c
Thyroid	1.61 ± 0.59	3.19 ± 0.97	<0.001 *
Lung	3.95 ± 1.45	8.03 ± 2.03	0.0440 *
Pheochromocytoma	3.81 ± 0.78	7.90 ± 2.01	0.0016 *
Pancreas	7.35 ± 1.03	18.38 ± 6.32	0.0022 *
Gastrointestinal	7.71 ± 3.37	20.03 ± 8.81	<0.0001 *
Other locations	4.14 ± 1.21	13.73 ± 4.96	0.0364 *

^§ Pair t test; * Marked effects are significant at p < 0.05.