Table 1.

The characteristics of all patients.

Characteristics		Total (n = 200)	Malignant (n = 130)	Benign (n = 70)	P value
Age (mean, range)		60.82 ± 10.67 (27-88)	61.35 ± 10.22 (27-88)	59.84 ± 11.45 (30-85)	0.34
Sex	Male	134	88	46	0.78
	Female	66	42	24
Location	Centre	53	43	10	0.004*
	Periphery	147	87	60
Size (short diameter)		3.4 ± 1.5	3.8 ± 1.5	2.6 ± 1.1	< 0.001*
SUVmax		10.5 ± 5.9	12.9 ± 5.6	6.1 ± 3.4	< 0.001*
Reference
Pathology  CT follow-up		185 15	130 0	55 15	–

*P < 0.05.