Table 4.

Comparison of metabolic metrics for per-patient analysis according to PERCIST threshold.

Metrics	SUVmax	SUVpeak	SUVmean	SAM	MV	TLG
Threshold (%)	−30	−30	−30	−30	−30	−45
Sensitivity (%)	75	67	67	39	8	36
Specificity (%)	95	98	95	95	100	100
PPV (%)	93	96	92	88	100	100
NPV (%)	82	78	77	65	57	65
Accuracy (%)	86	84	82	70	58	71
Youden correlation coefficient	0.70	0.64	0.62	0.34	0.08	0.36
Significance (χ2 p < 0.05)	S	S	S	NS	NS	NS