TABLE 5

Correlation Between SUVmax and Levels of Urinary Biochemicals

Patient no.	SUVmax	NE	E	D	Total MN	MN	NMN	VMA
1	1	3,380	389	69,548	3,490			102.2
8	14.59	345	19	326	4,903	652	4,251	25.8
12	2.61	1,220	5.9	74	17,994	155	17,839
13	2.29	216		153	3,549	20	3,549
14	11.02	138	2.8	242	2,855	111	2,744	12
17	10.00	90	29	945	3,456	1,302	2,154	9.3
20	6.58	368	325	801	12,711	8,294	4,417
21	34.92	978		607	4,175	108	4,067	13.6
22	22.92	1,068	9.1	215	5,680	111	5,569	21.1
25	4.85	46	317	320	15,487	14,783	704
Spearman ρ		−0.103	−0.5	0.018	−0.067	−0.184	0.117	−0.086
P		0.777	0.207	0.96	0.855	0.635	0.765	0.872

NE = norepinephrine (μg/24 h); E = epinephrine (μg/24 h); D = dopamine (μg/24 h); MN = metanephrine (μg/24 h); NMN = normetanephrine (μg/24 h); VMA = vanyl mandelic acid (mg/24 h).