Fig. 2.

(a) [¹⁸F]-fluorodeoxyglucose- PET scans of the liver from a representative people with HIV participant, obtained before (baseline), shortly after (∼6 weeks, short-term follow-up) and almost 2 years (long-term follow-up) after ART initiation.

(b) SUV_mean values in PWH (n = 27) at baseline, short-term and long-term time points (median and IQR). Red lines reflect median (solid line; 2.49) and IQR (dotted lines; lower: 2.28; upper: 2.70) SUV_mean values of the control group. Friedman tests (nonparametric repeated-measures ANOVA) followed by Dunn's multiple comparison tests were used to compare changes within the PWH group over time. ANOVA, analysis of variance; IQR, interquartile range; PWH, people with HIV; SUV_mean, mean standardized uptake values.