Table 1.

Radiologic results before and after denosumab treatment

Characteristics	Before treatment	After treatment	t or Z value	p value
Maximum diameter (mm)†	52.5 (30.5, 147.0)	48.2 (30.3, 90.1)	− 4.015	< 0.001
Proportion of the spinal canal (%) *	36.8 ± 23.8	18.5 ± 11.9	6.738	< 0.001
Signal intensity (SI) ratio*	0.77 ± 0.22	0.58 ± 0.22	3.754	0.001
Maximum diameter of lung metastases (mm)	6.17, 7.19 and 7.92	5.09, 6.32 and 5.58
Vertebral height (mm) *	21.3 ± 1.3	20.2 ± 1.4	6.738	0.007
Diameter of the cyst (mm) *	13.1 ± 6.4	12.0 ± 9.6	0.458	0.658
Spinal cord compression	6	3

^†The values are given as the median, with the range in parentheses

^*The values are given as the mean and standard deviation