TABLE 5

Normal-Organ SUV_mean

		Normal-organ SUV_mean^† on ⁶⁴Cu-DOTATATE PET
Organ or tissue	n^*	1 h after injection	3 h after injection	P^†
Lung	35	0.27 [0.23–0.30]	0.15 [0.13–0.17]	<0.01
Liver	32	4.0 [3.6–4.4]	5.7 [5.2–6.3]	<0.01
Intestines	35	2.6 [2.1–3.1]	2.5 [2.0–3.1]	1.00
Uncinate process of pancreas	31	3.2 [2.7–3.6]	3.3 [2.7–3.9]	1.00
Cauda of pancreas	32	3.1 [2.8–3.5]	3.5 [3.2–3.9]	0.38
Bone	35	0.76 [0.66–0.85]	0.64 [0.56–0.73]	<0.01
Muscle	35	0.63 [0.57–0.69]	0.49 [0.44–0.54]	<0.01
Spleen	35	8.9 [7.8–10.0]	9.3 [8.2–10.4]	0.12
Pituitary gland	35	12.9 [10.8–14.9]	15.8 [13.4–18.2]	<0.01
Adrenal gland	33	9.5 [8.0–11.0]	9.9 [8.2–11.6]	1.00

↵* Number of patients with evaluable normal organs.
↵† Paired t testing with Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons (n = 10) and capped at 1.00.
Data are mean values followed by 95% confidence interval in brackets.