TABLE 2

Correlations Between Blood Flow and ¹⁸F-FDG Kinetic Parameters Before and After Chemotherapy

Parameter	Before chemo	P value	After chemo	P value	Before vs. after P value
Pearson correlation coefficient* (n = 34)
Flow and K_i	0.34	0.05	0.76	<0.001	0.01
Flow and K₁	0.62	<0.001	0.81	<0.001	0.11
Flow and k₃	0.11	0.52	0.66	<0.001	0.01
Flow and K_i (PV corrected)	0.28	0.10	0.62	<0.001	0.09
Flow and K₁ (PV corrected)	0.56	<0.001	0.69	<0.001	0.40
Flow and k₃ (PV corrected)	0.17	0.34	0.47	<0.01	0.18
Spearman’s ρ (n = 35)
Flow and K_i	0.48	<0.01	0.74	<0.001	0.09
Flow and K₁	0.70	<0.001	0.82	<0.001	0.27
Flow and k₃	0.18	0.31	0.71	<0.001	<0.01
Flow and K_i (PV corrected)	0.29	0.02	0.44	<0.001	0.49
Flow and K₁ (PV corrected)	0.48	<0.001	0.52	<0.001	0.83
Flow and k₃ (PV corrected)	0.09	0.45	0.42	<0.001	0.15