| Total (n = 60) | Primary tumor’s SUVmax | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
High | Low | |||
Sex | ||||
 Male | 46 | 23 | 23 | 1.000 |
 Female | 14 | 6 | 8 |  |
Age | ||||
 < 70 years | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0.7961 |
 ≥ 70 years | 32 | 15 | 17 |  |
Histological type | ||||
 Adenocarcinoma | 27 | 8 | 19 | 0.0108* |
 Non-adenocarcinoma | 33 | 21 | 12 |  |
Tumor size | ||||
 ≤ 30 mm | 19 | 3 | 16 | < 0.0001* |
 > 30 mm | 41 | 26 | 15 |  |
CEA | ||||
 < 5.0 ng/mL | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0.1205 |
 ≥ 5.0 ng/mL | 30 | 18 | 12 |  |
Pathological N status ng/mL | ||||
 pN0 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0.2106 |
 pN1 | 22 | 14 | 8 |  |
 pN2 | 15 | 6 | 9 |  |