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. 2017 Jul 9;14(3):2180–2188. doi: 10.3892/etm.2017.4737

Table II.

Clinical and radiological finding in patients with PTB vs. those with lung cancer.

Total, no. (%) Tuberculosis, no. (%) Lung cancer, no. (%) P-value
No. 103 22 81
Age, years 0.003a
  <60   55 18 37
  ≥60   48   4 44
Sex 0.025a
  Male   58 17 41
  Female   45   5 40
Smoking history 0.247
  Smoker   45 12 33
  Never smoked   58 10 48
Underlying diseases <0.001a
  Diabetes   25 12 13
  Non-diabetes   78 10 68
Location of lesion 0.175
  Upper lobe   67 17 50
  Others   36   5 31
Largest size (cm) 0.210
  <2   40   6 34
  ≥2   63 16 47
CT presentation
  Spiculated margin   54 18 36 0.002a
  Lobulation   63 15 48 0.446
  Ground-glass shadow   31   3 28 0.058
  Pleural indentation   38   8 30 0.922
  Blood vessel convergency   25   4 21 0.452
  Cavity   8   3   5 0.477
  Vacuole   13   5   8 0.212
PET (SUVmax)
  Mean ± SD 9.06±5.13 5.99±2.66 10.09±5.38 0.036a
a

P<0.05 patients with PTB vs. patients with lung cancer. No, number; PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis; CT, computed tomography; PET, 18F-fludeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computer tomography; SUVmax, maximum standard uptake value; SD, standard deviation.