Table 2.

logistic regression model for prediction of occult lymph node metastasis^§.

Variable	P value
Gender
Male vs. Female	0.160
Smoking
Yes vs. No	0.336
Alcohol
Yes vs. No	0.213
pt Category
T1 vs. T2 vs. T3 vs. T4	0.273
SUVmax
≥9.5 vs. <9.5	0.028*

^§Stepwise multivariable model.

^*Statistically significant (p value < 0.05).