TABLE 1

Functional Data: Hepatic Uptake Rate for 15 NASH Patients with Fatty Livers

Patient no.ABA + BA − B(A + B)/2
118.5415.133.643.4416.82
218.317.2735.571.0317.785
319.0216.835.822.2217.91
420.422.1542.55−1.7521.275
514.911.6726.573.2313.285
614.1511.1225.273.0312.635
718.316.234.52.117.25
818.6617.536.161.1618.08
918.0615.5833.642.4816.82
1016.8515.2232.071.6316.035
1117.1517.0434.190.1117.095
1214.0111.7325.742.2812.87
1315.169.7224.885.4412.44
1420.0820.8540.93−0.7720.465
1517.0915.5232.611.5716.305
  • A = hepatic uptake rate (in %/min) obtained by applying method of Ekman et al. (7; B = hepatic uptake rate (in %min) obtained from applying Gjedde–Patlak method (13,14).