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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2015 Oct 22;57(1):46–53. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.115.163782

Table 2. Estimated Proportion of Agreement in Metastatic Lesion Detection Between PET and CIM, Accounting for Intrapatient Clustering Effects by GEE Regression Model Analysis.

Modality All
patients
HNPC
patients
CRPC
patients




PET CT BS All lesions Lymph
node
lesions
Bone
lesions
Visceral
lesions
All lesions Lymph
node
lesions
Bone
lesions
Visceral
lesions
All lesions Lymph
node
lesions
Bone
lesions
Visceral
lesions
P N/E _ 0.30 (0.17–0.48) 0.39 (0.21-0.62) 0.24 (0.11–0.46) 0.18 (0.06–0.42) 0.40 (0.20–0.65) 0.33 (0.08–0.73) 0.34 (0.12–0.67) 0.23 (0.07–0.56) 0.22 (0.10–0.42) 0.50 (0.45–0.54) 0.16 (0.05–0.42) 0.12 (0.02–0.49)

P _ N/E 0.44 (0.28–0.61) NA 0.22 (0.12–0.36) NA 0.55 (0.32–0.76) NA 0.28 (0.12–0.52) NA 0.31 (0.14–0.57) NA 0.18 (0.07–0.38) NA

P N/E* 0.44 (0.28–0.61) 0.90 (0.75–0.96) 0.22 (0.12–0.36) 0.41 (0.17–0.69) 0.55 (0.32–0.76) 0.84 (0.44–0.97) 0.28 (0.12–0.52) 0.39 (0.11–0.77) 0.31 (0.14–0.57) 0.93 (0.83–0.97) 0.18 (0.07–0.38) 0.42 (0.12–0.80)

N/E P _ 0.07 (0.04–0.14) 0.07 (0.01–0.39) 0.09 (0.05–0.17) 0.05 (0.01–0.28) 0.06 (0.01–0.24) 0.17 (0.02–0.63) 0.07 (0.02–0.21) 0.00 (0.00–0.00) 0.08 (0.04–0.16) 0.00 (0.00–0.00) 0.10 (0.04–0.21) 0.08 (0.01–0.46)
N/E _ P 0.03 (0.01–0.08) NA 0.05 (0.02–0.12) NA 0.03 (0.01–0.19) NA 0.06 (0.01–0.29) NA 0.03 (0.01–0.08) NA 0.04 (0.02–0.11) NA

N/E P* 0.08 (0.04–0.16) 0.07 (0.01–0.39) 0.10 (0.06–0.18) 0.05 (0.01–0.28) 0.07 (0.01–0.27) 0.17 (0.02–0.63) 0.08 (0.02–0.27) 0.00 (0.00–0.00) 0.09 (0.05–0.17) 0.00 (0.00–0.00) 0.11 (0.06–0.21) 0.08 (0.01–0.46)
*

Combined CIM (CT and BS).

P = positive; N/E = negative/equivocal; NA = not applicable.

Data in parentheses are 95% CIs.