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Table 3 Correlation between molecular subtypes and 18F-FDG parameters

From: Prognostic impact of an integrative analysis of [18F]FDG PET parameters and infiltrating immune cell scores in lung adenocarcinoma

 

Group

ANOVA or Chi-square

Post hoc test

 

PP (n = 30)

TRU (n = 41)

PI (n = 25)

P value

Comparison

P value

TLR

2.91 ± 3.05

1.65 ± 2.03

3.15 ± 2.52

0.038

PP vs. TRU

0.104

TRU vs. PI

0.061

PI vs. PP

0.935

MTV

32.19 ± 74.59

8.41 ± 12.44

18.66 ± 34.36

0.133

PP vs. TRU

0.111

TRU vs. PI

0.693

PI vs. PP

0.558

TLG

340.88 ± 1096.37

34.07 ± 57.90

111.89 ± 227.86

0.154

PP vs. TRU

0.140

TRU vs. PI

0.892

PI vs. PP

0.411

COV

0.270 ± 0.083

0.231 ± 0.084

0.327 ± 0.101

0.001

PP vs. TRU

0.177

TRU vs. PI

0.001

PI vs. PP

0.057

  1. TRU terminal respiratory unit, PP proximal proliferative, PI proximal inflammatory, CYT cytolytic score, TLR tumor-to-liver SUVmax ratio, MTV metabolic tumor volume, TLG total lesion glycolysis, COV coefficient of variation