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Table 6 Multivariable analyses of predictors of lymph node metastasis in patients

From: Retention index of FDG-PET/CT SUVmax of the primary tumor in non-small cell lung cancer as a predictor of lymph node metastasis: a retrospective study

Histological type

Variable

OR

95% CI

p value

All (n = 218)

pT

1.03

1.01–1.05

0.01

RI

2.53

0.47–13.50

0.28

Adenocarcinoma (n = 145)

pT

1.02

1.00–1.05

0.11

RI

12.3

1.11–135.0

0.04

Squamous cell carcinoma (n = 53)

pT

1.07

1.01–1.13

0.03

RI

0.8

0.04–17.6

0.89

Other (n = 20)

pT

1.03

0.96–1.11

0.38

RI

0.34

0.00–988.0

0.79

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, RI retention index, pT pathological tumor size