Table 1.

Preoperatively Available Parameters to Predict Lymph Node Metastasis in Resected pT3 Pancreatic Cancer

Clinical variable	pN-stage		p-value
	pN0 (n=37)	pN1 (n=56)
Age, yr	64.3±9.2	63.2±9.6	0.597
Sex, male/female	23/14	30/26	0.413
Preoperative CA 19-9	575.6±2207.6	886.2±2343.4	0.58
Radiologic tumor size, cm	2.4±0.8	2.8±1.2	0.168
Tumor location, proximal/distal	23/14	38/18	0.572
SUVmax	4.5±2.1	5.5±2.6	0.055
TLR	1.9±0.8	2.2±1.1	0.231
MTV2.5	6.5±7.8	11.1±11.2	0.031

Data are presented as mean±SD or number.

pT3, pathologic T3; SUV_max, maximum standard uptake value; TLR, tumor to liver ratio; MTV, metabolic tumor volume.