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Ten matched volumes of interest were drawn on the brain, right tonsil, blood pool, heart, lung, liver, spleen, bone marrow, fat, and iliopsoas muscle opposite third lumber vertebra away from any pathological 18F-FDG uptake to calculate SUVmax.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st3\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>SUVmax of the lungs and heart were significantly different in the two studies (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.003 and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.024 respectively). Only the brain uptake showed a significant moderate negative correlation with the level of blood glucose in diabetic patients (r = \u22120.537, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.001) in the first study, while the SUVmax of other tissues showed negligible or weak correlation with the level of blood glucose in both studies.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>The liver showed significant moderate positive correlation with body mass index (BMI) in both studies (r = .416, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = &lt;0.001 versus r = 0.453, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = &lt;0.001, respectively), and blood pool activity showed significant moderate positive correlation with BMI in the first study only (r = 0.414, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = &lt;0.001). The liver and blood pool activities showed significant moderate negative correlation with 18F-FDG uptake time in first study only (r = \u22120.405, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>-value = &lt;0.001; and r = \u22120.409, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>-value = &lt;0.001, respectively).<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>In the multivariate analysis, the liver showed a consistent effect of the injected 18F-FDG dose and uptake duration on its SUVmax on the two occasions. In comparison, spleen and muscle showed consistent effect only of the injected dose on the two occasions.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st4\">\n<jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The liver, muscle, and splenic activities showed satisfactory test\/retest stability and can be used as reference activities. 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