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Vol. 32. Issue 1.
Pages 26-32 (January - February 2013)
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Vol. 32. Issue 1.
Pages 26-32 (January - February 2013)
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Variations of the hepatic SUV in relation to the body mass index in whole body PET-CT studies
Variaciones del SUV hepático con relación al índice de masa corporal en estudios PET/TC de cuerpo entero
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S.M. Batallés
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, R.L. Villavicencio, A. Quaranta, L. Burgos, S. Trezzo, R. Staffieri, S.M. Pezzotto
Diagnóstico Médico Oroño, Rosario, Argentina
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Table 1. Classification of the nutrional status according to the body mass index (World Health Organization).
Table 2. Description of the variables included in the analysis and their frequencies.
Table 3. Hepatic SUV values according to the genre.
Table 4. Mean SUV value according to the genre and nutritional status of the patients.
Table 5. Correlations (Pearson coefficients of correlation) between the hepatic SUV and the variables studied.
Table 6. Results obtained with the application of multiple linear regression analysis (dependent variable: hepatic SUV).
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Abstract
Objective

To evaluate SUV changes in the liver in relation to body mass index (BMI) of patients who undergo whole body PET-CT scans.

Material and methods

A retrospective study was performed. The variables studied were injected dose of 18FFDG (mCi), age (years), blood glucose level (mg/dL), height (cm) and weight (kg). BMI was calculated and the SUV mean value was expressed according to gender and BMI. A linear regression analysis was applied to identify the independent variables that best predict the SUV value.

Results

Six hundred and three patients were studied (305 women, 298 men; mean age: 54.9±15.2 years old). Mean SUV measurement was significantly higher in males than females and increased significantly both in male and female patients who were overweight and even more in obese patients. The independent variables that best predicted the SUV value were gender, age, and BMI. In those patients having similar characteristics related to the analyzed variables, the SUV value increased by 0.002 for each increase in one year, and by 0.066 per unit increase in the BMI value.

Conclusions

Hepatic uptake of 18FFDG increases according to the patient's BMI. The independent variables that best predict the hepatic SUV value are age and sex of patients. Our findings show that the practice of using the physiological hepatic metabolic activity level as a reference regarding questionable deposits elsewhere in the abdomen and pelvis is not useful, at least in male patients with overweightness and obesity.

Keywords:
Positron emission tomography scans
Body mass index
Liver standardized uptake value
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Objetivo

Evaluar variaciones del SUV hepático respecto al índice de masa corporal (IMC) de los pacientes estudiados con PET/TC de cuerpo entero.

Material y métodos

Estudio retrospectivo. Variables estudiadas: dosis inyectada de 18F-FDG (mCi), edad (años), glucemia (mg/dl), talla (cm) y peso (kg). Se calculó el IMC y se expresó el valor medio de SUV según sexo e IMC. Se aplicó un análisis de regresión lineal para determinar las variables independientes que mejor predicen el valor de SUV.

Resultados

El análisis incluyó 603 pacientes: 305 mujeres y 298 hombres, cuyas edades medias fueron 54,9±15,2 años. El SUV hepático promedio fue significativamente mayor en los varones y aumentó de manera significativa tanto en mujeres como en hombres con sobrepeso y aún más en aquellos con obesidad. Las variables independientes que mejor predijeron el valor de SUV fueron sexo, edad e IMC. En pacientes con similares características, el valor de SUV se incrementó en 0,002 por cada aumento en un año de edad y en 0,066 por cada aumento de una unidad en el valor del IMC.

Conclusiones

La captación hepática de 18F-FDG aumenta a medida que lo hace el IMC del paciente. Las variables independientes que mejor predicen el valor de SUV hepático son edad y sexo de los pacientes. Nuestros hallazgos restan utilidad al empleo del valor de actividad metabólica hepática fisiológica como referencial respecto a captaciones dudosas en otros sitios del abdomen y pelvis, al menos en pacientes varones con sobrepeso y obesidad.

Palabras clave:
Tomografía por emisión de positrones/tomografía computada
Índice de masa corporal
Standardized Uptake Value hepático

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