Clinical significance of prostate 18F-labelled fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A five-year review

Table 2 Sectorial analysis, case-control analysis and subgroup analysis showed no significant difference in ¹⁸F-labelled fluorodeoxyglucose uptake

	Mean SUVmax	MeanSUVmean
Sectorial analysis
MRI - normal prostatic sectors	3.02	1.74
MRI - suspicious prostatic sectors	3.1	1.89
Histopathology - benign prostatic lobe	2.86	1.79
Histopathology - malignant prostatic lobe	3.13	1.82
Case-control analysis
Age-matched controls	3.09	1.83
Cases with prostate cancer	3.26	1.81
Subgroup analysis
Biopsy not performed	4.95	1.91
Benign disease and high-grade PIN	5.85	2.86
Low-grade prostate cancer (Gleason ≤ 3 + 4)	3.2	1.83
High-grade prostate cancer (Gleason score ≥ 4 + 3)	3.35	1.78

SUV: Standardised uptake value, PIN: Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia.