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. 2022 Oct 5;10(19):e15412. doi: 10.14814/phy2.15412

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Correlation of metabolic activity in the aorta with various tissues of the splenocardiac axis: Bone marrow, spleen, and skeletal muscle (n = 45). Panel (a) FDG uptake in the aorta is positively correlated with FDG uptake in the bone marrow (r = 0.703). Panel (b) FDG uptake in the aorta is positively correlated with FDG uptake in the spleen (r = 0.594). Panel (c) As expected, FDG uptake in the aorta was not positively correlated, and in fact was weakly negatively correlated with FDG uptake in the skeletal muscle control (r = −0.367). FDG, 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose; SUVmax, standardized uptake value.