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. 2021 Sep 23;36(3):252–260. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_20_21

Table 3.

Descriptive and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis results of parameters which were significantly different among two groups

Parameters Median (range) P (Mann- Whitney U) AUROC (95% CI) Cut-offs

<1 year (n=18) ≥1 year (n=24)
Metabolic parameters
 MTVwb 218.89 (16.35-886.30) 132.87 (14.43-480.460) 0.035 69.2 (53.0-85.4) 158.56
First order-texture parameters
 Mean 9.92 (6.398-11.695) 10.67 (7.500-11.66) 0.047 68.1 (51.4-84.7) 10.25
 Median 11.00 (6-14) 13.00 (7-14) 0.001 68.8 (52.3-85.2) 11.50
 RMS 10.79 (7.86-12.32) 11.51 (8.99-12.28) 0.029 69.9 (53.9-86.0) 11.27
Second order-texture parameters
 Mean 10.05 (6.43-11.80) 10.79 (7.64-11.83) 0.042 68.5 (52.0-85.1) 10.45
 Auto correlation 118.57 (62.02-153.38) 133.71 (82.35-153.28) 0.031 69.7 (53.6-85.8) 128.70
 Cluster prominence 17,628.72 (6053.99-31,387.81) 21,770.87 (12,225.06-28,104.16) 0.027 70.1 (53.7-86.6) 20526.42
 Cluster shade −914.79 (−1458.09-−112.53) −1025.14 (−1392.82-−522.42) 0.047 68.1 (51.4-84.7) −983
 Sum average 21.23 (14.62-24.60) 23.03 (16.73-25.448) 0.035 69.2 (52.8-85.6) 22.51
 Sum variance 427.22 (213.53-548.35) 491.55 (283.25-579.98) 0.015 72.2 (56.6-87.9) 454.39

AUROC: Area under the receiver operating characteristic, CI: Confidence interval, MTVwb: Metabolic tumor volume whole-body, RMS: Root mean square