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Table 5 Contingency table for PET-CT in identifying lymph node metastases in AC group

From: Evaluation of the factors affecting the maximum standardized uptake value of metastatic lymph nodes in different histological types of non-small cell lung cancer on PET-CT

 

Criterion 1

Criterion 2

 

Pathological LN positive(+)

Pathological LN negative(−)

Total

Pathological LN positive(+)

Pathological LN negative(−)

Total

PET-CT(+)

46

10

56

32*

9

41

PET-CT(−)

34

232

266

48

233

281

Total

80

242

322

80

242

322

  1. Criterion 1: Sensitivity: 57.5%; Specificity: 95.9%; Accuracy: 86.3%.
  2. Criterion 2: Sensitivity: 40.0%*; Specificity: 96.3%; Accuracy: 82.3%.
  3. *Means the difference in the sensitivity was significant (P < 0.01) between criterion 1 and criterion 2 in AC group.
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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