Table 3 Pearson correlation of virtual-non-calcium attenuation values with several key disease parameters in systemic mastocytosis.

From: Functional imaging with dual-energy computed tomography for supplementary non-invasive assessment of mast cell burden in systemic mastocytosis

Characteristics

SSM/AdvSM

ISM and SSSM/AdvSM

Pearson r (R2)

P

Pearson r (R2)

P

Hemoglobin

0.5 (0.13)

0.134

 − 0.3 (0.08)

0.241

Platelets

0.0 (0.00)

0.988

 − 0.4 (0.20)

0.065

Serum tryptase

0.6 (0.39)

0.029

0.7 (0.54)

 < 0.001

Albumin

 − 0.1 (0.02)

0.696

 − 0.5 (0.25)

0.041

Alkaline phosphatase

0.2 (0.03)

0.582

0.3 (0.11)

0.183

Bilirubin

0.1 (0.01)

0.734

0.2 (0.05)

0.399

Mast cell infiltration in BM

0.5 (0.28)

0.079

0.7 (0.49)

0.001

KIT D816V EAB in PB

0.4 (0.17)

0.231

0.6 (0.37)

0.016

KIT D816V EAB in BM

0.0 (0.00)

0.940

0.4 (0.11)

0.122

  1. BM bone marrow, EAB expressed allele burden, PB peripheral blood.
  2. Significant values are in bold.
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