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. 2020 Jul;19(3):186–194.

Table 2.

Correlation of FDG PET/CT semi-quantitative parameters with metastatic versus non-metastatic NSCLC patients (statistically significant values are highlighted in yellow)

FDG PET semi- quantitative values Metastatic Status p-value

Metastatic (thoracic + extra thoracic) None
Number of patients Mean Rank Median Number of patients Mean Rank Median
Primary T SUVmax 60 51.43 12.00 65 68.43 15.55 0.007
Primary T MTV 60 63.32 36.28 65 56.73 31.69 0.298
Primary T TLG 60 60.36 252.77 65 59.65 215.25 0.911
Lymph node met N SUVmax 60 44.58 13.15 65 32.30 8.10 0.016
Lymph node met N MTV 60 41.16 14.50 65 38.61 11.44 0.623
Lymph node met N TLG 60 45.49 69.12 65 33.44 32.92 0.020
Whole body MTV 60 67.46 66.50 65 53.77 43.47 0.031
Whole body TLG 60 63.08 425.55 65 58.00 309.61 0.423