Table 1 Patient characteristics

Number

84

52

32

Age (Mean ± SD)

66.7 ± 8.6

72.7 ± 7.8

0.002

Sex

<0.001

 Male

56

24

32

 Female

28

28

0

Tumor size (Mean ± SD)

22.4 ± 6.9

21.2 ± 6.9

0.423

Pathological stage (%)

0.595

 IA

55

36(69)

19(60)

 IB

14

8(15)

6(19)

 IIA + B

6

3(6)

3(9)

 IIIA + B

9

5(10)

4(12)

SUVmax (Mean ± SD)

7.4 ± 4.7

6.6 ± 5.2

8.8 ± 3.7

0.032