Clinical Study

Relationship between SP142 PD-L1 Expression and 18F-FDG Uptake in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate analysis of the relationship between programmed death ligand-1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of pulmonary adenocarcinoma.

Clinical factorsTotalPD-L1 expressionUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
No.%NegativePositiveOR (95% CI) valueOR (95% CI) value

319100.022871.5%9128.5%
Age (y)1.13 (0.69–1.83)0.632
 <6115448.311272.7%4227.3%
 ≥6116551.711670.3%4929.7%
Sex1.73 (1.06–2.84)0.0271.02 (0.48–2.19)0.952
 Male15147.39965.6%5234.4%
 Female16852.712976.8%3923.2%Reference
Smoking history2.01 (1.21–3.33)0.0071.55 (0.71–3.37)0.272
 Never21567.416476.3%5123.7%Reference
 Former/current10432.66461.5%4038.5%
Size (cm)1.24 (0.76–2.03)0.396
 <3.219460.814273.2%5226.8%
 ≥3.212539.28668.8%3931.2%
Pathological stage1.35 (1.08–1.69)0.0080.70 (0.45–1.08)0.110
 I18658.314578.0%4122.0%
 II3711.62362.2%1437.8%
 III6821.34261.8%2638.2%
 IV288.81864.3%1035.7%
T stage1.13 (0.87–1.48)0.345
 T117655.213375.6%4324.4%
 T29830.76465.3%3434.7%
 T3226.91359.1%940.9%
 T4237.21878.3%521.7%
Lymph node metastases2.83 (1.69–4.73)<0.00013.01 (1.17–7.74)0.022
 N022470.217578.1%4921.9%Reference
 N1/N2/N39529.85355.8%4244.2%
Metastatic1.44 (0.64–3.25)0.380
 M029191.221072.2%8127.8%Reference
 M1288.81864.3%1035.7%
SUVmax9.07 (3.80–21.64)<0.00017.52 (3.03–18.65)<0.0001
 <4.079529.88993.7%66.3%
 ≥4.0722470.213962.1%8537.9%
EGFR mutation status2.10 (1.27–3.48)0.0041.77 (1.01–3.11)0.046
 Mutation21166.116276.8%4923.2%Reference
 Wild type10833.96661.1%4238.9%

PD-L1, programmed cell death ligand = 1 SUVmax, maximum standardized uptake value; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor.