TABLE 3

Control Characteristics

Characteristic	Control no.												Mean ± SD
Characteristic	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Mean ± SD
Age (y)	62	59	68	57	76	52	67	72	58	53	64	64	62.67 ± 7.33
Prostate (SUV_mean)	1.68	1.99	1.48	1.48	0.78	1.88	1.31	1.94	2.08	1.66	1.91	1.95	1.68 ± 0.37
Seminal vesicles (SUV_mean)	1.1	0.99	0.77	1.04	0.36	1.92	0.83	1.12	1.52	1.24	1.14	0.82	1.07 ± 0.41
Bladder (SUV_mean)	0.36	0.54	0.85	0.25	0.65	0.56	3.8^*	0.56	0.58	0.89	0.62	0.37	0.57 ± 0.19**
Bone (SUV_mean)	0.7	0.91	0.75	0.97	0.96	1.63	1.45	1.67	1.23	1.1	1.05	1.01	1.12 ± 0.32
PSA (ng/mL)	2.9	0.6	1.4	1.9	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.08 ± 0.71
Prostate volume (CT) (cm³)	79.9	83.5	61.8	61.2	30.5	41.7	36.0	37.8	88.9	59.8	57.5	46.5	57.1 ± 19.4

↵* Control 7 had notable higher urinary bladder SUV_mean than other controls because of increased renal excretion of potassium and ⁸²Rb resulting in severe hypokalemia. Therefore, value was left out of “normal tissue mean value**” regarding urinary bladder activity.