Table 4.
Negative (n = 66) Average Value | Positive (n = 32) Average Value | p-value | Cut Off Value | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | AUC | |
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Thyroid lesion SUVmax | 3.4 ± 2.3 | 7.9 ± 6.6 | <0.001 | 3.9 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.59 | 0.86 | 0.78 |
Ratio | 2.1 ± 1.5 | 4.7 ± 4.6 | <0.001 | 2.0 | 0.88 | 0.76 | 0.64 | 0.93 | 0.82 |
Ratio | 1.7 ± 1.1 | 4.1 ± 3.2 | <0.001 | 1.9 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.60 | 0.88 | 0.78 |
Ratio | 1.4 ± 1.0 | 3.2 ± 2.8 | <0.001 | 1.5 | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.58 | 0.89 | 0.78 |