Table 4.

The ideal cut-off values in distinguishing the metabolic parameters and texture analysis into high and low levels according to patient survival using ROC analysis.

	PFS			OS
	Cut-off value	AUC	p	Cut-off value	AUC	p
Maximal SUVbt	4.0	0.59	NS	4.0	0.59	NS
Maximal SUVln	1.3	0.67	NS	1.3	0.73	0.0232*
MTVbt	35.6	0.79	0.0001*	35.9	0.75	0.0053*
MTVwb	115.4	0.84	<0.0001*	44.3	0.88	<0.0001*
TLGbt	205.9	0.77	0.0010*	158.4	0.73	0.0150*
TLGwb	232.7	0.83	0.0001*	205.9	0.87	<0.0001*
Contrast	185190	0.83	<0.0001*	210636	0.76	0.0012*
Homogeneity	268.7	0.76	0.0021*	404.1	0.72	0.0203*
Dissimilarity	15958	0.83	<0.0001*	27510	0.78	0.0006*
Second angular moment	20654	0.73	0.0079*	10263	0.69	NS
SUV skewness	1.20	0.60	NS	1.50	0.54	NS
SUV kurtosis	2.82	0.66	NS	2.82	0.64	NS
SUV variance	0.50	0.55	NS	0.08	0.53	NS
SUV mean	1.89	0.61	NS	1.94	0.57	NS
SUV entropy	3.51	0.62	NS	3.51	0.57	NS

*Statistically significant.

NS: not statistically significant.

PFS: progression free survival.

OS: overall survival.

AUC: area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.

SUVbt: standardized uptake value of breast tumor.

SUVln: standardized uptake value of axillary lymph node.

MTVbt: metabolic tumor volume of breast tumor.

MTVwb: metabolic tumor volume of whole body lesions.

TLGbt: total lesion glycolysis of breast tumor.

TLGwb: total lesion glycolysis of whole body lesions.