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Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of PET parameters associated with pN +

¹⁸F–FDG PET/CT parameters	Univariate			Multivariate
¹⁸F–FDG PET/CT parameters	OR^a	95% CI	P^a	OR^a	95% CI	P^a
SUV_max > 5.3	2.32	0.99–5.40	0.052	1.28	0.43–3.27	0.544
SUV_peak > 5.1	2.19	0.90–5.33	0.082	1.14	0.96–3.30	0.541
SUV_mean > 3.5	2.39	1.00–5.73	0.050	1.38	0.84–3.21	0.240
MTV > 6.6 mL	2.86	1.18–6.94	0.020*	2.72	1.07–7.78	0.037*
TLG > 24.0 g	2.69	1.11–6.49	0.028*	2.61	1.04–6.55	0.044*

CI confidence interval; ¹⁸F-FDG ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose; MTV metabolic tumour volume; OR odds ratio; PET/CT positron emission tomography/computed tomography; pN + pathological neck–lymph–node positivity; SUV standardized uptake value; TLG total lesion glycolysis

^aBinary logistic regression analyses; multivariate analyses were adjusted for age, histological differentiation, lymphovascular invasion, and T classification, *P < 0.05 (see Supplementary Table S1)