Table 1. Clinical and pathological characteristics in relation to SUV_max in patients with NSCLC.

Characteristic	No. patients	SUVmax	P-value
Age
60 years	39	6.85±3.81	0.58
60 years	40	7.42±4.23
Gender			0.37
Male	50	7.65±4.27
Female	29	6.54±4.84
Tumor size (cm)			<0.01
≤3.0	54	5.62±3.82
>3.0	25	10.7±4.18
Pathology			<0.01
Squamous	24	10.60±4.73
Adenocarcinoma	55	5.94±4.04
Tumor differentiation			<0.01
Well	13	4.4±3.1
Moderate	34	7.2±4.2
Poor	32	12.7±4.1
Pathological N stage			<0.01
N0	55	6.33±4.60
N1	24	9.31±3.89
Outcome			<0.01
Alive	42	6.13±3.89
Dead	20	9.66±4.15

SUV_max  =  maximal standardized uptake value.