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. 2016 Mar 1;11(3):e0150509. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150509

Table 2. Results of Wilcoxon signed-ranks tests for PET/HCT and PET/ACT parameters.

Variables PET/HCT PET/ACT P
Mean SD Range Mean SD Range
SUVmax 11.12 5.95 3.03–36.05 11.29 6.03 3.08–36.74 0.009
SUV mean 5.05 2.16 2.01–13.03 5.16 2.22 2.01–13.80 <0.001
TLG 273.5 378.5 2.7–1802.8 287.0 403.3 2.6–1846.7 <0.001
Texture parameters
SUV entropy 3.71 0.26 2.66–4.02 3.72 0.26 2.74–4.01 0.516
Uniformity 0.003 0.004 0.001–0.02 0.003 0.003 0.001–0.02 0.853
Entropy 6.35 0.82 3.76–7.30 6.35 0.81 3.97–7.28 0.734
Dissimilarity 8.83 2.71 4.85–19.13 8.84 2.76 4.65–19.21 0.766
Homogeneity 0.19 0.04 0.12–0.27 0.19 0.04 0.12–0.28 0.969
Coarseness 0.030 0.022 0.002–0.09 0.030 0.02 0.002–0.09 0.780
Busyness 0.222 0.296 0.021–1.528 0.224 0.303 0.020–1.503 0.411
Contrast 0.081 0.335 0.0004–2.336 0.075 0.307 0.0004–2.136 0.382
Complexity 52.35 68.94 0.98–277.8 51.26 64.22 0.95–273.4 0.256
Grey-level nonuniformity 9.67 11.78 1.00–67.36 9.73 11.89 1.12–66.15 0.714
Zone-size nonuniformity 214.9 231.6 10.2–1231.3 214.1 232.8 15.1–1262.4 0.914
High grey-level large zone emphasis 2564 1461 1012–7223 2685 1652 891–10488 0.154

SUV, standardized uptake value; TLG: total lesion glycolysis.