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. 2014 Mar 10;9(3):e91649. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091649

Table 2. Summary statistics of the average SUVmax and DCE-MRI parameters in primary tumors of NSCLC and its subtypes.

No. of patients SUVmean SUVmax Ktrans (min−1) Kep(min−1) Ve iAUC (mM s)
All 41(16F, 25M) 5.300±1.343 12.077±4.795 0.093±0.057 0.359±0.117 0.279±0.149 13.107±7.846
(4.876, 5.723) (10.564, 13.591) (0.075, 0.111) (0.322, 0.396) (0.232, 0.326) (10.631, 15.583)
AC 25(15F, 10M) 4.824±0.970 10.376±3.069 0.104±0.058 0.351±0.124 0.313±0.147 14.442±8.000
(4.424, 5.225) (9.110, 11.643) (0.080, 0.128) (0.300, 0.403) (0.252, 0.373) (11.140, 17.744)
SCC 16(1F, 15M) 6.042±1.530 14.735±5.821 0.076±0.052 0.371±0.109 0.227±0.140 11.022±7.360
(5.227, 6.857) (11.633, 17.837) (0.049, 0.104) (0.313, 0.429) (0.153, 0.302) (7.100, 14.943)
P value 0.008* 0.015* 0.035* 0.250 0.042* 0.069

Data are reported as median ± SD with 95% CI in parentheses. The statistically significant differences in the functional estimates between AC and SCC are also indicated with asterisk.