Table 3 Comparison of bone marrow quantitative positron emission tomography (PET) parameters between men and women

Volume (cm³)

1140.24 ± 154.75

798.38 ± 104.62

 < 0.0001*

SUL_max

2 ± 0.38

1.73 ± 0.28

0.0001*

SUL_mean

0.79 ± 0.1

0.75 ± 0.11

0.024*

Entropy

4.38 ± 0.19

4.19 ± 0.23

 < 0.0001*

%Higher volume

3.87 ± 0.73

2.15 ± 0.43

0.0063*

Deauville 5-point score^†

 2

31

7

0.0002*

 3

23

25

 4

3

9