TABLE 4.
Average lifetimes of the different tumor types and malignancy grades
| Average lifetime (ns) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tissue | Number of patients | Number of samples | 390-nm | 470-nm | 542-nm |
| Astrocytoma | 6 | 12 | 3.83 ± 0.60 | 4.05 ± 0.14 | 3.86 ± 0.22 |
| Oligodendroglioma | 3 | 14 | 3.82 ± 0.13 | 3.25 ± 0.13 | 2.78 ± 0.24 |
| P (A-O) | 0.93 | 1.57 × 10−4 | 1.92 × 10−4 | ||
| Astrocytoma grade 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.64 ± 0.32 | 4.30 ± 0.68 | 4.38 ± 0.91 |
| Astrocytoma grade 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.10 ± 0.22 | 4.25 ± 0.10 | 4.05 ± 0.31 |
| Astrocytoma grade 4 | 2 | 5 | 3.70 ± 0.32 | 3.75 ± 0.37 | 3.45 ± 0.38 |
| P (A2-A3) | 0.267 | 1.000 | 0.857 | ||
| P (A2-A4) | 1.000 | 0.191 | 0.191 | ||
| P (A3-A4) | 0.064 | 0.151 | 0.056 | ||
| Oligodendroglioma grade 2 | 1 | 4 | 3.69 ± 0.17 | 2.96 ± 0.08 | 2.40 ± 0.33 |
| Oligodendroglioma grade 3 | 2 | 10 | 3.85 ± 0.29 | 3.36 ± 0.34 | 2.93 ± 0.41 |
| P (O2-O3) | 0.606 | 0.004 | 0.054 | ||
Note: Gray cells indicate comparisons with statistical significance (p < 0.01).
Abbreviation: A, astrocytoma; O, oligodendroglioma; A2, astrocytoma grade 2; A3, astrocytoma grade 3; A4, astrocytoma grade 4; O2, oligodendroglioma grade 2; O3, oligodendroglioma grade 3.