Table 3.

Comparison of clinical-radiological features between LN-positive and LN-negative patients in the training and validation cohorts

Characteristic	Training cohort (n = 102)		p	Validation cohort (n = 51)		p
	PLNM(+)	PLNM (-)		PLNM (+)	PLNM (-)
Age, mean ± SD, years	50.18 ± 8.92	51.64 ± 9.06	0.430	49.47 ± 9.33	50.44 ± 9.73	0.959
Clinical stage			0.023 a			＜0.001 a
IB	22	49		6	33
IIA	17	14		9	3
Tumor diameter			0.001 a			＜0.001 a
≤4 cm	16	47		6	32
＞4 cm	23	16		9	4
MR-reported LN status			＜0.001 a			＜0.001 a
LN-negative	25	61		6	34
LN-positive	14	2		9	2

LN, lymph node; PLNM, pelvic lymph node metastasis.

p value is derived from the Chi-square test between each of the clinical variables and LN status.

^a p < 0.05.