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Table 3 Comparison of PET/CT parameters between the patients with and without MAS

From: Total metabolic lesion volume of lymph nodes measured by 18F-FDG PET/CT: a new predictor of macrophage activation syndrome in adult-onset Still’s disease

 

Patients with MAS

Patients without MAS

p

n = 8

n = 49

SUVmax of the bone marrow

4.95 (3.68–5.40)

5.50 (4.30–6.15)

0.214

SUVmax of the spleen

4.35 (3.78–5.75)

3.50 (3.00–4.10)

0.017

SUVmax of the liver

3.10 (2.85–3.65)

3.30 (2.75–3.60)

0.854

SUVmax of LNs

7.30 (4.65–11.80)

5.20 (4.00–8.00)

0.271

TLGtotal of LNs

261,170.20 (86,548.35–851,990.60)

44,518.30 (8828.20–159,463.70)

0.045

MLVtotal of LNs

87.81 (38.78–189.47)

20.05 (4.74–46.12)

0.012

  1. Data are presented in the form of median (Q1–Q3) as continuous variable