Table 1.
Demographic and clinical features of patients according to groups.
| No recurrence (n = 32) |
Recurrence (n = 8) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 46.4 ± 12.1 | 56.7 ± 10.6 | 0.033a |
| Gender | 0.686b | ||
| Female | 13 (40.6%) | 2 (25.0%) | |
| Male | 19 (59.4%) | 6 (75.0%) | |
| Neck dissection | < 0.001b | ||
| No | 32 (100.0%) | 4 (%50.0) | |
| Yes | 0 (0.05%) | 4 (%50,0) | |
| N staging | 0.475c | ||
| 0 | 5 (15.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| 1 | 12 (37.5%) | 4 (50.0%) | |
| 2 | 15 (46.9%) | 3 (37.5%) | |
| 3 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (12.5%) | |
| T staging | 0.197c | ||
| 1 | 1 (3.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| 2 | 17 (53.1%) | 2 (25.0%) | |
| 3 | 11 (34.4%) | 5 (62.5%) | |
| 4 | 3 (9.4%) | 1 (12.5%) | |
| Contrast enhancement on MRI | 0.563b | ||
| No | 5 (15.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Yes | 27 (84.4%) | 8 (100.0%) | |
| PET-CT SuvMax NFX | 3.2 ± 2.7 | 5.0 ± 2.6 | 0.060c |
| PET-CT SuvMax neck | 1.2 ± 1.9 | 1.4 ± 2.2 | 0.908c |
a
Data has been expressed as mean ± standard variation, Student's t-test.
b
Data has been expressed as number of cases and percentages, Fisher's definite probability result test.
c
Data has been expressed as mean ± standard variation, Mann–Whitney U test.