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. 2024 Jun 27;14(7):4450–4463. doi: 10.21037/qims-24-82

Table 2. Linear regression results of the 68Ga-FAPi-04 and 18F-FET PET semiquantitative parameters with different thresholds for lesion delineation.

Delineation threshold Parameter Coefficient P value 95% confidence interval VIF
20% lesion FAPi SUVmax MTVFAPi:MTVFET ratio 4.142 0.027* 0.572 to 7.712 5.02
TLUFAPi/TLUFET ratio −2.672 0.032* −5.057 to −0.288 3.94
TBRmax-FAPi 0.008 0.044* 0.000 to 0.016 2.75
TBRmax-FET −0.589 0.114 −1.347 to 0.169 1.65
30% lesion FAPi SUVmax MTVFAPi:MTVFET ratio 5.484 0.052 −0.045 to 11.013 3.97
TLUFAPi:TLUFET ratio −3.095 0.067 −6.447 to 0.257 3.59
TBRmax-FAPi 0.007 0.081 −0.001 to 0.015 2.45
TBRmax-FET −0.747 0.047* −1.482 to −0.012 1.36
40% lesion FAPi SUVmax MTVFAPi:MTVFET ratio 8.974 0.049* 0.044 to 17.903 3.28
TLUFAPi:TLUFET ratio −3.678 0.098 −8.174 to 0.818 2.87
TBRmax-FAPi 0.007 0.082 −0.001 to 0.015 2.42
TBRmax-FET −0.601 0.104 −1.351 to 0.149 1.41
50% lesion FAPi SUVmax MTVFAPi:MTVFET ratio 14.732 0.065 −1.131 to 30.596 2.82
TLUFAPi:TLUFET ratio −4.179 0.194 −10.857 to 2.500 2.49
TBRmax-FAPi 0.006 0.116 −0.002 to 0.014 2.38
TBRmax-FET −0.428 0.279 −1.261 to 0.406 1.65

*, P<0.05. 68Ga-FAPi-04, gallium-68 fibroblast activation protein inhibitor 04; 18F-FET, fluoride 18 fluoroethyl-L-tyrosine; PET, positron emission tomography; VIF, variance inflation factor; FAPi, fibroblast activation protein inhibitor; SUVmax, maximal standardized uptake value; MTV, metabolic tumor volume; TLU, total lesion tracer uptake; TBRmax, maximal tumor-to-brain ratio; FET, fluoroethyl-L-tyrosine.