Table 3.

Comparison between qualitative, semiquantitative features at ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT and clinical-morphological characteristics

	PET/CT posn 47	PET/CT negn 10	p value	Av SUVmax	p value	Av L-to-L SUVmax ratio	p value	Av L-t-BP SUVmax ratio	p value
Pattern			0.778		0.839		0.667		0.713
Consolidation	34	3		5.1		2.1		2.7
Mass	4	0		7.8		2.8		3.8
Nodule	6	6		3.8		1.8		2.2
GGO	3	1		5.7		2.5		3.1
Laterality			0.820		0.498		0.392		0.622
Unilateral	10	2		5.7		2.5		2.9
Bilateral	37	8		5		2.1		2.7
Air brochogram			0.051		0.986		0.453		0.648
Positive	30	3		5.2		2.3		2.8
Negative	17	7		5.2		2		2.6
Bronchiectasis			0.136		0.541		0.578		0.877
Positive	17	1		4.8		2.3		2.8
Negative	30	9		5.4		2.1		2.7

av, average; L-t-L, lesion to liver; L-t-BP, lesion to blood pool: neg, negative; Pos, positive.

Between paranthesis p value of multivariate analysis.