The Correlation between ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT Imaging SUVmax of Preoperative Colon Cancer Primary Lesions and Clinicopathological Factors

Table 2

Correlation analysis between the SUVmax value of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT imaging and clinicopathological factors before colon cancer surgery.

Group	n	SUVmax	T	value
Gender			0.290	0.773
Male	52	16.38 ± 8.12^a
Female	36	15.32 ± 7.01
Age (year)			0.283	0.775
<60	43	15.67 ± 6.89^a
≥60	45	15.79 ± 7.25
Tumor site			0.501	0.623
Left colon	38	16.53 ± 8.01^a
Right colon	50	15.12 ± 7.32
Lesion length (cm)			8.796
<3	23	9.12 ± 4.31^b
≥3	65	20.39 ± 9.63
Clinical stage			7.863
0 + I + II	16	5.35 ± 2.67^b
III + IV	72	23.78 ± 9.02
Pathological tissue type			10.356
Mucinous adenocarcinoma	22	8.75 ± 3.54^b
Adenocarcinoma	66	21.32 ± 9.76
Tumor differentiation			9.265
Poorly differentiated	34	25.67 ± 12.31^b
Well and moderately differentiated	54	11.36 ± 5.06

 ≤ 0.01.