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. 2015 Dec 17;89(1058):20150673. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150673

Table 3.

Pairwise comparison of 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/CT parameters for prediction of pathologic regional lymph node status

Variables SUVmax SUVmean MTV TLG
SUVmean
 DBA 0.0264      
 SE 0.0161      
 95% CI −0.00516 to 0.058      
 p-value 0.1011      
MTV
 DBA 0.0606 0.087    
 SE 0.0889 0.0865    
 95% CI −0.114 to 0.235 −0.0825 to 0.256    
 p-value 0.4955 0.3146    
TLG
 DBA 0.0652 0.0916 0.00466  
 SE 0.0629 0.0596 0.0326  
 95% CI −0.0581 to 0.189 −0.0252 to 0.208 −0.0592 to 0.0685  
 p-value 0.2999 0.1241 0.8863  
HF
 DBA 0.155 0.182 0.0947 0.0901
 SE 0.0945 0.0977 0.103 0.102
 95% CI −0.0299 to 0.34 −0.00983 to 0.373 −0.108 to 0.297 −0.109 to 0.289
 p-value 0.1003 0.063 0.3588 0.3754

CI, confidence interval; DBA, difference between areas; HF, heterogeneity factor; MTV, metabolic tumour volume; SE, standard error; SUVmax, maximum standardized uptake value; SUVmean, mean standardized uptake value; TLG, total lesion glycolysis.