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Table 5 Logistic regression analysis of potential prognostic factors for the presence of spread lesion or recurrence over two years

From: A pilot study of 4′-[methyl-11C]-thiothymidine PET/CT for detection of regional lymph node metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer

Variables

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

Odds ratio

95% CI

P value

Odds ratio

95% CI

P value

Nodal staging by 4DST (N1 to 3 vs N0)

9.17

0.86 to 97.67

0.07

29.08

0.95 to 894.08

0.05

Nodal staging by FDG (N1 to 3 vs N0)

1.25

0.23 to 6.71

0.79

0.63

0.05 to 8.24

0.72

4DST uptake (SUVmax) in lung tumor (>2.4 vs ≤2.4)

6.29

0.58 to 68.42

0.13

8.39

0.20 to 348.94

0.26

FDG uptake (SUVmax) in lung tumor (>3 vs ≤3)

2.40

0.44 to 12.98

0.31

3.23

0.07 to 150.84

0.55

Lung tumor diameter (>3 cm vs ≤3 cm)

1.17

0.22 to 6.08

0.85

0.16

0.01 to 4.87

0.30

Age (>60 years vs ≤60 years)

0.75

0.13 to 4.49

0.75

0.42

0.02 to 9.70

0.59

  1. CI, confidence interval.