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. 2022 Apr 14;25(2):351–358. doi: 10.1038/s41391-022-00534-5

Table 2.

SUVmax metrics and SUV ratios in malignant and benign lesions (n = 157).

Variable Group P value
Malignant (n = 114) Benign (n = 43)
SUVmax early 10.9 ± 12.5 2.7 ± 3.7 0.000a
SUVmax delay 14.6 ± 16.7 2.9 ± 4.0 0.000a
△SUVmax 3.7 ± 5.1 0.2 ± 1.2 0.000a
RI(%) 34.0 ± 39.3 9.9 ± 64.3 0.005a
SUV ratio early 22.5 ± 26.3 5.4 ± 5.3 0.000a
SUV ratio delay 33.4 ± 36.1 7.2 ± 9.7 0.000a
Ratio(SUV ratio delay/early) 1.6 ± 0.7 0.9 ± 0.5 0.000a

Values presented as mean ± SD or number.

astands for significant difference between the two groups (p < 0.05).