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Table 3 Comparison of severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) patients with and without symptoms of uncooperativeness in right hemisphere, left hemisphere, right thalamus, left thalamus, the laterality ratio of SUVmax for the left and right regions as LR ratio = SUVmaxleft/ SUVmaxright of hemisphere, and thalamus by glucose uptake based on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography

From: Association between uncooperativeness and the glucose metabolism of patients with chronic behavioral disorders after severe traumatic brain injury: a cross-sectional retrospective study

 

SUVmax ± SD (95% CI)

 

Target of VOIs

sTBI with Uncooperativeness n  =  6

sTBI without Uncooperativeness n  =  8

P

Whole brain

11.94  ±  3.4 (8.37– - 15.51)

11.53  ±  3.3 (8.77– - 14.28 )

0.82

Right hemisphere

12.17  ±  3.83 (8.15– - 16.19 )

12.24  ±  4.6 (8.39– - 16.09)

0.98

Left hemisphere

10.89  ±  2.98 (7.76– - 14 )

11.33  ±  4.58 (7.5– - 15.16)

0.84

LR ratio of hemisphere

0.91  ±  0.11 (0.8– - 1.02)

0.93  ±  0.09 (0.85– - 1 )

0.73

Right thalamus

8.23  ±  2.57 (5.53– - 10.93)

6.76  ±  1.73 (5.32– - 8.21 )

0.23

Left thalamus

6.04  ±  2.28 (3.64– - 8.44)

7.25  ±  2.59 (5.09– - 9.41 )

0.38

LR ratio of thalamus

0.75  ±  0.11 (0.51– - 0.99)

1.09  ±  0.1 (0.88– - 1.3)

0.04*

  1. *P < 0.05; CI, confidence interval; LR ratio, SUVmaxleft / SUVmaxright; SD, standard deviation; sTBI, severe traumatic brain injury; SUVmax, maximum standardized uptake value; VOI, volume of interest